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In major gaffe, hacked Microsoft test account was assigned admin privileges

reader comments 54 The hackers who recently broke into Microsoft’s network and monitored top executives’ email for two months did so by gaining access to an aging test account with administrative privileges, a major gaffe on the company’s part, a researcher said. The new detail was provided in vaguely worded language included in a post… Read More »

Hackers spent 2+ years looting secrets of chipmaker NXP before being detected

reader comments 17 with A prolific espionage hacking group with ties to China spent over two years looting the corporate network of NXP, the Netherlands-based chipmaker whose silicon powers security-sensitive components found in smartphones, smartcards, and electric vehicles, a news outlet has reported. The intrusion, by a group tracked under names including “Chimera” and “G0114,”… Read More »