Microsoft Confirms New Cyberattack by Same Group Suspected of Being Behind SolarWinds Hack

Microsoft Confirms New Cyberattack by Same Group Suspected of Being Behind SolarWinds Hack
An engineering student takes part in a hacking challenge near Paris on March 16, 2013. Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
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Microsoft said on June 25 that the hackers behind the notorious SolarWinds cyberattack have begun a fresh campaign mostly focusing on U.S. interests that, while mostly unsuccessful, has managed to compromise three entities.

The Russia-based hacking group—which goes by various names, such as Nobelium—launched the new effort using “password spray and brute-force attacks,” the Microsoft Security Response Center said in an alert, noting that 36 countries in total had been targeted.
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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