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Best_man23

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2. This may also explain why Microsoft went after the hackers so swiftly

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Dec 18, 2020, 07:55 AM

Dec 2020

"Through four steps over four days, Microsoft flexed the muscle of its legal team and its control of the Windows operating system to nearly obliterate the actions of some of the most sophisticated offensive hackers out there. In this case, the adversary is believed to be APT29, aka Cozy Bear, the group many believe to be associated with Russian intelligence, and best known for carrying out the 2016 hack against the Democratic National Committee (DNC)."

Not sure what avenues Microsoft has against a nation state, but you can bet Microsoft's leadership will be making calls to Capitol Hill and the Biden administration soon.

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/microsoft-unleashes-death-star-solarwinds-hackers-extraordinary-response-breach/

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Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems [View all] Eugene Dec 2020 OP

Not Microsoft related but I wonder if when gmail and google docs went dark mahina Dec 2020 #1

This may also explain why Microsoft went after the hackers so swiftly Best_man23 Dec 2020 #2