TECH - Microsoft Raises Red Flag For Others: Midnight Blizzard A Russian State-Backed Hacker On The Prowl | Benzinga
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has begun notifying organizations that they may be under attack from a Russian-backed hacking group previously implicated in a breach of the tech giant’s own executive emails.
What Happened: Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team has identified the hacking group known as Midnight Blizzard, the Russian state-sponsored actor also known as NOBELIUM as the suspected party targeting these organizations, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.
“Using the information gained from Microsoft's investigation into Midnight Blizzard, Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified that the same actor has been targeting other organizations and, as part of our usual notification processes, we have begun notifying these targeted organizations,” the company said, adding, “It's important to note that this ...