Tech giant says Midnight Blizzard is using information stolen from corporate emails in January
Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored hacking group named Midnight Blizzard was trying to breach its systems again, by using information it stole from the tech giant’s corporate emails in January.
In January, Microsoft said it had found the hackers tried to breach “a very small percentage” of its corporate email accounts including members of its senior leadership team and those in cybersecurity, legal, and other functions.What happens if I take a break from paying my mortgage to give me extra cash?It appears the hacking group, also known as Nobelium, is trying to use the data it stole then to break into Microsoft systems again, the company said.
“It is apparent that Midnight Blizzard is attempting to use secrets of different types it has found,” it added.