Microsoft Investigating Claim of Breach by Extortion Gang

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    "Microsoft is investigating claims that an extortion-focused hacking group [LAPSUS$] that has previously compromised massive companies such as Ubisoft and Nvidia has gained access to internal Microsoft systems, according to a statement from the company...

    On Sunday, LAPSUS$ posted a screenshot of what appeared to be an internal Microsoft developer account to their Telegram channel. The screenshot appeared to be from an Azure DevOps account...

    ...Specific projects shown in the screenshot include “Bing_UX,” potentially referring to the user experience of Microsoft’s Bing search engine; “Bing-Source,” indicating access to the source code of the search engine; and “Cortana,” Microsoft’s smart assistant. Other sections include “mscomdev,” “microsoft,” and “msblox,” indicating whoever took the screenshot may have access to other code repositories as well..."

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3vk9x/microsoft-hacked-lapsus-extortion-investigating
     
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