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Microsoft blamed for “a cascade of security failures” in Exchange breach report

Getty Images reader comments 14 A federal Cyber Safety Review Board has issued its report on what led to last summer’s capture of hundreds of thousands of emails by Chinese hackers from cloud customers, including federal agencies. It cites “a cascade of security failures at Microsoft” and finds that “Microsoft’s security culture was inadequate” and… Read More »

US warns China over state-sponsored hacking, citing mass attacks on Exchange

Getty Images | cbarnesphotography reader comments 21 with 15 posters participating Share this story The US government blamed the Chinese government on Monday for attacks on thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers. China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) “has fostered an ecosystem of criminal contract hackers who carry out both state-sponsored activities and cybercrime for their… Read More »

There’s a vexing mystery surrounding the 0-day attacks on Exchange servers

reader comments 48 with 41 posters participating Share this story The Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities that allow hackers to take over Microsoft Exchange servers are under attack by no fewer than 10 advanced hacking groups, six of which began exploiting them before Microsoft released a patch, researchers reported Wednesday. That raises a vexing question: how did… Read More »