Microsoft has told more than a dozen Texas agencies and public universities that Russian state-sponsored hackers accessed emails between them and the software giant.The attackers were able to gain access to the communications through a breach of Microsoft, disclosed in January, in which they stole emails from some of the company’s executives.
News of the Texas agencies being impacted by the Microsoft hack offers a fuller view of the range of the compromise, and it raises concerns about a U.S. adversary potentially accessing sensitive information about employees, financial matters or critical infrastructure in one of the country’s most populous and economically important states.“To be clear, the state of Texas was not breached.
In January, Microsoft announced that hackers had stolen senior leaders’ emails that they were using to try to break into customers’ communications, including those of government agencies. The company this week told additional customers that their emails were accessed by the hackers, and began providing previously notified clients with details of what was taken.The company pinned the breach on a group that U.S. and U.K. authorities have said is part of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.
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