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A Chinese threat actor hacked and gained access to email accounts affecting approximately 25 organizations.
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Published onJuly 21, 2023
published onJuly 21, 2023
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Microsoft has been under fire recently, regarding cybersecurity,when a Chinese threat actor the Redmond-based giant tech tracked as Storm-0558, hacked and gained access to email accounts affecting approximately 25 organizations. They were government agencies and consumer accounts of people associated with these organizations.
The attack happened in May and June, and Microsoft acknowledged the issue on June 16, 2023. That’s also when the company started an investigation.
Following the investigation, many users were upset about it to the point ofcriticizing Microsoftfor charging them to protect themselves against Microsoft’s mistakes.
So, in retaliation, the Redmond-based tech giant announced that companies will get a cloud security expansion at no additional cost. As Microsoft is expanding its cloud security, you will be able to see the updates, changes, and improvements by usingMicrosoft Purview Audit.
Today we are expanding Microsoft’s cloud logging accessibility and flexibility even further. Over the coming months, we will include access to wider cloud security logs for our worldwide customers at no additional cost.
Microsoft cloud security expansion at no additional cost
Microsoft announced the cloud security expansion as a collaboration with CISA. If you remember, earlier this year, a new CISA tool was made available on Microsoft Cloud services across the board. The tool,Untitled Goose Tool, can prevent hacking attempts in cloud services, and it was well-received by the industry.
So now, the two entities are collaborating once again to strengthen cloud security for their customers. According toMicrosoft’s announcement:
The Redmond-based tech giant will start rolling out these updates in September 2023 to all government and commercial customers.
You can visit theMicrosoft Purview compliance portaland select Audit from the Solutions panel, to access the updates and the new logs as they become available.
It seems Microsoft is taking all measures to make sure a breach of the sort that happened in May, won’t happen again. We can hope, of course, and with everyone on board, such situations can be easily detected and dealt with without aggravating the situation.
What do you think about Microsoft’s latest cloud security expansion? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Flavius Floare
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Flavius is a writer and a media content producer with a particular interest in technology, gaming, media, film and storytelling.
He’s always curious and ready to take on everything new in the tech world, covering Microsoft’s products on a daily basis. The passion for gaming and hardware feeds his journalistic approach, making him a great researcher and news writer that’s always ready to bring you the bleeding edge!
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