Russian hackers compromised Microsoft cloud customers through third party

[Zorro]

Source: Washington Post

Russian hackers compromised Microsoft cloud customers through third party, putting emails and other data at risk(Complete article title)

Russian government hackers have compromised Microsoft cloud customers and stolen emails from at least one private-sector company, according to people familiar with the matter, a worrying development in Moscow’s ongoing cyberespionage campaign targeting numerous U.S. agencies and corporate computer networks.

The intrusions appear to have occurred via a Microsoft corporate partner that handles cloud-access services, those familiar with the matter said. They did not identify the partner or the company known to have had emails stolen. Like others, these people spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss what remains a highly sensitive subject.

Microsoft hasn’t publicly commented on the intrusions. On Thursday, an executive with the tech giant sought to downplay the issue’s significance.

“Our investigation of recent attacks has found incidents involving abuse of credentials to gain access, which can come in several forms,” Jeff Jones, Microsoft’s senior director for communications, said. “We have still not identified any vulnerabilities or compromise of Microsoft product or cloud services.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russia-hack-microsoft-cloud/2020/12/24/dbfaa9c6-4590-11eb-975c-d17b8815a66d_story.html

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I believe Microsoft's cloud computing solution is what Trump demanded the Pentagon accept after pressuring the DoD to reverse their Jedi contract award to Amazon. Curious.

[Skittles]

1. the Cloud is just someone else's computer

that's the way I see it

[lonely bird]

2. Precisely

There is no such thing as secure once you access the internet.

[pbmus]

3. BINGO...

[twodogsbarking]

8. Double Bingo

You have filled the card.

[OldBaldy1701E]

22. TRIPLE BINGO!

And, I used to tell the kids at the school all the time. NOTHING you do on line is private or inaccessible. There will always be someone who can get to it. Which is why I do not use the cloud nor do I store things in my computer. That goes in my external drive which is unplugged until I need it.

[DallasNE]

4. And What Is Trump's Response

He plays another round of golf.

His last comments on the subject said that it is China that is responsible. Never mind that all of the intelligence services say the evidence all points to Russia.

[Hekate]

16. "Watch this drive"

[Delphinus]

7. Agreed.

This entire thing has made me think about what I have in the cloud.

[yellowdogintexas]

24. photographs and ebooks from Amazon are the major things that I

put in the cloud deliberately. Amazon's for the books and Google for the pictures.

I am certain there are other things of which I am not aware but these I know are deliberate

[twodogsbarking]

6. You must admit

the world connected to the internet without a plan.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Apples and oranges comparison?

"Microsoft cloud customers and stolen emails from at least one private-sector company"

"vulnerabilities or compromise of Microsoft product or cloud services"

Sound like 2 distinct entities to me. Appearing to answer the question while providing different information?

[mr_lebowski]

25. Pretty much ... it's one thing to break into people's accounts that happen to be cloud-based ...

And something entirely different to break into the actual 'cloud' i.e. the servers themselves, such that one could move from account to account, stealing things.

Accounts will always be hacked, nothing you can do about that (although insisting on 2-step authentication goes a long way, some people and companies decide it's not worth the inconvenience).

[Crazyleftie]

10. I will not and have not used "the cloud"

I can't imagine someone else having all of my info, data, etc., whatever that may be.

[mr_lebowski]

26. Yes you almost certainly have ... maybe not directly, but

Do you have a gmail or yahoo or any type of 'free' email account? If you do, those emails are probably in 'the cloud'

Do you have bank account(s) or retirement account(s)? Your bank probably has at least some of your info in 'the cloud'. A mortgage? Same. Credit Cards? Same.

I'm sure lots of government entities who know things about you also have that information in 'the cloud', including the IRS.

If you have a smart phone, a HUGE amount of what you do with that phone is stored in 'the cloud'.

And most websites are hosted in one cloud or another ... I wouldn't be surprised if this one is too.

[AZ8theist]

11. THIS IS FUCKING BULLSHIT!!!

WE NEED TO START ANOTHER COLD WAR WITH THE FUCKING RUSSIAN SCUMBAGS.

START BY DEPORTING EVERY FUCKING RUSSIAN ILLEGAL IN THIS COUNTRY.

Then boot them off the ISS, since we don't need their shit rockets anymore, then have the FBI raid Trump Tower in NYC and arrest very fucking one of the Russians who laundered money through Trump and are living there now....

Fucking Putin is OUT TO DESTROY AMERICA and the FUCKING REPUBLICAN PARTY IS JUST FINE WITH THAT!!!!??!??!?!

I AM BEYOND DISGUSTED.

THE ASSHOLE TRUMP SUPPORTERS claim to be "PATRIOTS" but are JUST FINE with FUCKING RUSSIA TAKING OVER AMERICA.

WHAT A FUCKING BUNCH OF FUCKING IMBECILES.

[Irish_Dem]

12. We already are at war with Russia. But the US is choosing not to fight back.

[LiberalArkie]

14. The US Government can't legally get most stuff in the cloud, but they can listen in to the traffic

to Russia and get it that way.

[paleotn]

15. Cold War never ended.

The Soviets didn't surrender. They just changed forms. Putin was our enemy when he was KGB and is still our enemy as grand poobah of the Russian kleptocracy.

[Hekate]

17. And that's the Truth

[Turbineguy]

18. That's correct.

[AZ8theist]

19. Then expose Leningrad Lindsey and Moscow Mitch

For the traitorous pigs that they are....
Show the Doturd cult rubes how they were sold out to Putin for a few measly bucks...

[JonLP24]

27. One thing I learned it is less about ideology

And more about national interests.

[dalton99a]

13. Kick

[Skeptical Thomas]

21. Had it been Apple, I Wouldn't Care

Steve Jobs created a combo of company and cult!

Seriously, Biden needs to fuck up Russia's Grid. Repeatedly.

[infullview]

23. Not a fan of Jobs, but

he was very savvy about security. That's why all device drivers had to be QA'd and approved by Apple, and all apps on the apple store were likewise scrutinized, and why you have to jailbreak an iphone in order load an unsanctioned app. The one greatest HACK on iPhones that most people aren't aware of, if you connect your iPhone to an exchange server, the exchange server can send an order to your iphone to wipe it. This was a deal made between Mac and uShit to make sure employees couldn't walk out the door with the company phone and steal business contacts to take with them to their next job.

[ck4829]

28. K&R