Microsoft said on Friday that its security systems were breached by a Russian hacking group.
Microsoft identified the group as Midnight Blizzard, which was behind the SolarWinds cyberattack.
AdvertisementMicrosoft said Friday that its systems were breached by Russian hackers who accessed a "very small percentage" of corporate email accounts.
The attack was launched by Midnight Blizzard — the seasoned Russian hacking group behind the massive 2020 attack on US information technology firm SolarWinds, which exposed sensitive information in the US federal government.
But federal investigators said they found evidence the hackers accessed Microsoft Office 365.
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Organizations:
Microsoft, Midnight, Service, Midnight Blizzard, Initiative
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Russian, China