Chinese hackers hacked American mailboxes through Microsoft Cloud – Kommersant

Chinese hackers took advantage of a vulnerability in the Microsoft Cloud service and carried out a cyber attack through it, hacking users’ email addresses. According to The Washington Post (WP), the problem was discovered by government agencies in June and, as the representative of the US National Security Council, Adam Hodges, told the publication, “officials immediately contacted Microsoft to identify the source of the cyber attack and find a vulnerability in the cloud service.”

The FBI launched an investigation into the cyberattack, although the number of email accounts hacked is believed to be low. According to knowledgeable WP sources, the Pentagon, intelligence and military accounts were not affected by this cyber attack.

Mine report about what happened in June, Microsoft published late last night. The company said it had limited the undesirable effects of a cyberattack carried out by China-based hacker group Storm-0558 and conducted its own investigation.

According to Microsoft, Storm-0558 primarily attacks government networks in Western Europe, its main targets are espionage and data theft. In this case, hackers gained access to the email addresses of about 25 organizations, including government departments. According to Microsoft, its specialists have completed the elimination of the undesirable consequences of this cyber attack for all users.

Alena Miklashevskaya