Russian hackers breached Microsoft as part of their campaign that infiltrated the US nuclear weapon stockpile network, the Los Alamos lab and the Energy Department, officials reveal

Daily Mail ^ | Dec. 17, 2020 | Katelyn Caralle, Keith Grififth

[rickmichaels]

Microsoft was breached in the massive suspected Russian campaign that has hit multiple U.S. government agencies, including those responsible for maintaining America's nuclear weapons stockpile, according to people familiar with the matter.

The sprawling attack, which targeted critical government infrastructure using a Trojan horse hidden in network management software from SolarWinds Corp, also compromised broad swathes of the private sector, likely including most of the Fortune 500, it emerged on Thursday.

Officials say the attack went undetected for nearly nine months, allowing the hackers free range in the affected agencies and companies, and that the true scale of the stolen information may never be known.

[LoveMyFreedom]

And where were the government IT security personnel?

[LoveMyFreedom]

And should add Microsoft security!

[rfp1234]

Is that why Krebs was fired?

[Sioux-san]

At a party with the Awans?

[antidemoncrat]

Gee, Microsoft getting hacked...a trademark of Microsoft software security....just a matter of time before their cloud is hacked.

[BusterDog]

Is this where Microsoft releases data showing a Russian hack and that’s how we get the RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA bombardment of news telling us that the SolarWinds hack was a Russia hack when in fact we all know it was CHINA?

[SecondAmendment]

Anyone in IT who knows what they are doing NEVER uses MS in a sensitive or critical part of a network.

[LoveMyFreedom]

And remember the Cloud is secure. Your data is safe. Remember hearing that from IT vendors. Sure. Medical, personal data companies have on us most likely has been hacked.

[Diogenesis]

it went on for 7 months.

the security IT people were in Pakistan,
and they control the DNC including the
past murder of Seth Rich, so what difference
does it make anyway?

[LoveMyFreedom]

As far as I am concern no data in the cloud is secure

[Hostage]

Blame Russians?

I tend to believe this Cozy Bear story that Crowdstrike told during the so-called DNC ‘hack’ a few years back.

And since then we are learning ...

Cozy Bear = CIA

But let’s all hold hands and shout “Russia! Russia! Russia!”

[TomGuy]

And where were the government IT security personnel?

Recall that Pelosi had the Pakistani IT spy-guys on payroll for a couple of years.

Recall that Feinstein's Chinese driver of 20 years turned out to be a spy.

Are these pols/govt officials that oblivious? I doubt it.

[Eagles6]

"But private security companies say that all signs point to the Kremlin."

Crowdstrike, again?/sarc

[virgil]

Media claims without evidence that Russian hackers breached Microsoft.

[microgood]

according to people familiar with the matter.

Whatever.

[Cold War Veteran - Submarines]

Pretty soon someone will invent the personal computer where the data is stored on removable memory and kept in your sock drawer

[DesertRhino]

China, nowhere to be seen.

[SaveFerris]

Good thing a lot our I/T is outsourced to a lot of foreigners and H-1B!

What could possibly go wrong?

[SaveFerris]

I thought Russia was going to hack the 2020 election.

You know, for President Trump.

Right, Democrats?

They must have a hard time keeping whatever lie going.