Chinese keep trying to steal intelligence United States of America. This Tuesday night Microsoft published a report stating. hackers The Chinese could have managed to infiltrate the emails of US government agencies and employees.
This cyber attacks They were launched in a coordinated manner and affected a total of 25 unidentified organizations. The report states that hackers had access to some accounts for a month before the breach was detected. However, the spokesperson of the National Security Council White House ensured that no hidden networks were exposed.
In his analysis, Microsoft points out that an actor it calls Storm-0558 will be behind the attacks and may be linked to the US intelligence agencies due to its sophistication. beijing. “We believe this adversary is focused on espionage activities such as accessing email systems to gather intelligence,” said Charlie Bell, the company’s vice president. “Motivated by this kind of enemy espionage “It’s trying to misuse credentials and gain access to data on sensitive systems.”
fear in Washington
The attackers exploited a vulnerability in the security systems of Internet services. cloudy Microsoft’s, first spotted by the US Government, as announced by the White House. Biden’s administration is accelerating the transition of its data to the cloud as its infrastructure promises to be more secure. However, this vulnerability of the systems aroused concern. Washingtonas an inside source pointed out to ‘The New York Times’.
Microsoft claims in its post that it has “completed mitigation of this attack for all customers” and has added “important auto-detections” to “strengthen defense”.