According to what emerged from the investigations of Microsoft Security Research Center (MSRC), the Redmond giant’s corporate systems were subject to cyber attacks last November.
Behind the campaign that targeted Microsoft there was a group known as Midnight Blizzardclosely connected with the Russian governmentalready protagonists of an attack against theUE. The breach, discovered on January 12, reportedly occurred through the compromise of email accounts of some senior executives and some members of the cybersecurity and legal teams.
Once the hackers entered the Microsoft ecosystem, they sought information regarding the company’s activities. On the other hand, it is not the first time that Midnight Blizzard has hit the IT giant. Last summer, in fact, hackers launched attacks phishing through Microsoft Teamsalso targeting government organizations and industries through compromised Microsoft 365 accounts.
Midnight Blizzard and Microsoft: it is not the first time that the IT giant has fallen victim to Russian hackers
Regarding the attack suffered, Microsoft commented confirming how it intends to act to raise current security standards, even at the cost of causing brief interruptions to existing processes. According to what was officially stated “This will likely cause some level of disruption as we adapt to this new reality, but this is a necessary step, and only the first of many we will take to embrace this philosophy“.
If even a giant in the sector like Microsoft can easily fall prey to these attacks, it is easy to understand how these threats are even more concrete for ordinary users. In this sense, in addition to prudence, the use of an excellent antivirus can make the difference and avoid real disasters.
Last summer, Microsoft faced another attack by foreign hackers. In that case, the Chinese collective known as the group responsible for the operation was identified Storm-0558.