Russian military-linked hackers used a critical flaw in Microsoft’s email software to target – and in some cases infiltrate – the networks of European military, energy and transportation organizations
in an apparent spying campaign that went undetected for months as the war in Ukraine raged, Microsoft told its customers in a report obtained by CNN. The report demonstrates how, despite the heightened defensive posture of Western governments and tech firms during the war, Russian hacking can slip under the radar and come to light, if ever, months after the fact.
BleepingComputer, a tech news outlet, first reported on the Microsoft advisory to customers. The hackers used a stealthy technique to steal login details from victim organizations and then looked to burrow further into organizations’ email folders, Microsoft told clients. The tech firm did not name the organizations targeted. Microsoft blamed a hacking group that US officials have publicly linked to Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency.
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