Microsoft has become ensnared in probes surrounding the recently disclosed colossal U.S. government hack, with media reports and company messages focusing on Office 365, Azure Active Directory and a key domain name.
Two key victims in the massive nation-state hacking campaign reportedly had their Microsoft Office 365 accounts broken into. The Russian intelligence service hackers for months monitored staff emails sent via Office 365 at the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) after breaking into the NTIA’s office software, Reuters reported Sunday.
The hackers are “highly sophisticated” and were able to trick the Microsoft platform’s authentication controls, according to Reuters, citing a person familiar with the incident. The Commerce Department said that one of its bureaus had been breached, but didn’t respond to an inquiry about the role of Office 365 in the attack.
Microsoft’s Role In SolarWinds Breach Comes Under Scrutiny
Microsoft has become ensnared in probes surrounding the colossal U.S. government hack, with media reports and company messages focusing on Office 365, Azure Active Directory and a key domain name. By Michael Novinson December 15, 2020, 05:18 PM EST
Microsoft has become ensnared in probes surrounding the recently disclosed colossal U.S. government hack, with media reports and company messages focusing on Office 365, Azure Active Directory and a key domain name.
Two key victims in the massive nation-state hacking campaign reportedly had their Microsoft Office 365 accounts broken into. The Russian intelligence service hackers for months monitored staff emails sent via Office 365 at the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) after breaking into the NTIA’s office software, Reuters reported Sunday.
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Analysis As the debris from the explosive SolarWinds hack continues to fly, it has been a busy 48 hours as everyone scrambles to find out if, like various US government bodies, they ve been caught in the blast. So, where are we at?
In terms of the news flow, it started in the middle of last week with FireEye. The specialist IT security firm brought in by multinationals when they suffer high-profile hacks found itself admitting last week it had itself been hacked.