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Microsoft Corp is investigating whether hackers who attacked its e-mail system exploited the findings of Taiwanese researchers who were the first to alert the software company to the vulnerabilities, a person familiar with the investigation said.
DEVCORE (戴夫寇爾), a small firm based in Taipei that specializes in discovering computer security flaws, in December last year said that it had found bugs affecting Microsoft’s widely used Exchange business e-mail software.
Late last month, after Microsoft disclosed its still secret patch to DEVCORE, attackers escalated their malicious activity on networks using Exchange servers connected to the Internet, researchers at Palo Alto Networks Inc said.
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At least 10 different hacking groups are using recently discovered flaws in Microsoft s mail server software to break in to targets around the world, cybersecurity company ESET said in a blog post.