Russian state-backed hackers have stolen email correspondence between US government agencies and Microsoft via a breach of the software giant’s systems, US officials confirmed on Thursday. Microsoft has notified “several” US federal agencies that the hackers may have stolen emails that Microsoft sent to those agencies that included login information such as usernames or passwords. Eric Goldstein, a senior official at the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), told reporters.
Goldstein mentioned that there is no evidence yet that the hackers had used the stolen credentials to successfully break into federal computer systems that are actively in use. However, the breach of Microsoft emails has prompted the tech giant and US cyber officials to take immediate action to prevent further damage at the hands of the alleged Russian operatives.
