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As the Biden administration makes final preparations over the next several weeks to respond to the attacks that targeted SolarWinds last year, the White House finds itself confronted by a second major cyberthreat: the hacking of Microsoft Exchange servers throughout the U.S.
The unfolding attacks against Exchange email servers, which Microsoft and other security researchers announced this month, appear to number in the thousands and involve multiple hacking groups. Security analysts warn that these cyberthreats might continue for some time, forcing organizations and their security teams to scramble to patch systems against four distinct vulnerabilities.
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A Microsoft Exchange Server at the European Banking Authority, a regulatory agency of the European Union, was hacked. But the agency says there are no indications of data exfiltration.
An investigation is continuing, and the agency says it s deployed additional security controls to the affected server.
In a Tuesday update, the European Banking Authority said the hackers didn t access any sensitive data. The agency says it has restored the compromised email server and is collaborating with the Computer Emergency Response Team - EU and a team of forensic experts to investigate the attack. The scope of the vulnerability was limited and the confidentiality of the EBA systems and data has not been compromised, an EBA spokesperson tells Information Security Media Group. We would also like to note that email communication has been restored.