Across Microsoft The attack affected tens of thousands of businesses, government offices, and schools in the United States. While many of them did not provide the hackers with intelligence, this may have happened in some cases, the New York Daily notes.
According to US media reports, hackers are using flaws in the Microsoft Exchange program to break into email accounts, read messages without permission, and install unauthorized software.
According to American media, the attack method indicates a high degree of sophistication by hackers.
Stephen Adair, founder of Volexity Inc. A company that Microsoft assigned a problem report to.
Last Tuesday, Microsoft announced the attack and identified the culprits as a Chinese cyber espionage group, or so-called hafnium. The American company provided users with a patch program to eliminate the problem.
The accident caused widespread concern in the administration, according to a New York daily US President Joe Biden. Last week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) issued an emergency directive requiring federal government agencies to repair or disconnect products from Microsoft Exchange immediately.
The Wall Street Journal said: “CISA held a phone call Friday with more than 4,000 critical infrastructure partners in the private sector as well as state and local governments, urging them to reform their systems.”
He also cites an excerpt from a statement by White House Press Secretary Jane Psaki, who noted that Microsoft’s vulnerabilities are of grave concern, “could have far-reaching consequences” and include “large numbers of casualties.”
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