Russian state-sponsored hackers continue to try to break into Microsoft

Russian hackers continue to try to break into Microsoft These hacks follow one last year in which state-sponsored agents obtained the emails of senior Microsoft executives. An internal investigation led by Microsoft identified the hackers in both cases as Russians a band called Midnight Blizzard.

Midnight Blizzard seems to have become bolder in its approach. Last year’s attack appeared to prioritize harvesting email addresses, but this latest attack finds the group repeatedly trying to break into the company’s systems and gain access to source code. Microsoft with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

We don’t know exactly what these hackers are after, but Microsoft said they are likely using email addresses acquired during the November attack to help gain access to internal systems. Midnight Blizzard “can use the information it has received to build a picture of attack zones and improve its ability to do so,” the company wrote. I know one thing. They better leave Klippi alone.

Midnight Blizzard is believed to work directly for Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and is said to be acting on the orders of Vladimir Putin. The group is believed to be behind the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee and the 2020 hack of software company SolarWinds, which breached government networks.