Microsoft warns of Russian-sponsored group that hacked its executives’ emails
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= Microsoft Corp. said it has begun warning organizations that they were targets of the same Russian-sponsored group that hacked into its executives' emails late last year.
The hackers — a group known as Midnight Blizzard or Cozy Bear — has been identified by Microsoft's Threat Intelligence team as the same actor that “has been targeting other organizations,” according to a blog post from the software maker on Thursday. “As part of our usual notification processes, we have begun notifying these targeted organizations.”
The disclosure is the latest sign that the group's recent activities have spread beyond Microsoft. On Wednesday, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. reported a breach of its cloud-based email system that it said was likely caused by Midnight Blizzard.
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