Editor's Pick: Hackers Use Microsoft Help Desk to Pull Off Massive Email Breach

Hackers Use Microsoft Help Desk to Pull Off Massive Email Breach

Jack M. Germain Apr 16, 2019 10:31 AM PT
	Hackers piggybacked onto a Microsoft customer support portal between Jan. 1 and March 28 to gain access to the emails of noncorporate account holders on webmail services Microsoft manages, including MSN.com, Hotmail.com and Outlook.com. Microsoft has confirmed that a "limited" number of customers who use its Web service had their accounts compromised. [More...]

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