Microsoft Security Breach

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Microsoft said Lapsus$ hacker group had compromised one of its accounts, resulting in "limited access" to company systems but not the data of any Microsoft customers.

Microsoft confirms it was breached by hacker group

Microsoft has confirmed it was breached by the hacker group Lapsus$, adding to the cyber gang's growing list of victims.

www.cnn.com

Official statement by Microsoft:

DEV-0537 criminal actor targeting organizations for data exfiltration and destruction | Microsoft Security Blog

The activity we have observed has been attributed to a threat group that Microsoft tracks as DEV-0537, also known as LAPSUS$. DEV-0537 is known for using a pure extortion and destruction model without deploying ransomware payloads.

www.microsoft.com