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The Wild Neutron hacking group gained access to an internal database Microsoft uses to track software vulnerabilities.
David Bisson reports.
On 17 October 2017, five former employees revealed that at the time of the breach Microsoft raised a number of internal alarms signaling that hackers had compromised the database it uses to track patches.
The attack has been blamed on Wild Neutron, a sophisticating hacking group which has targeted Apple, Facebook, and a number of other multi-billion dollar companies.
Even so, the former Microsoft workers said the database was poorly protected by just a single password.
Concerned that the hacking group had stolen details on some of its open vulnerabilities for Windows and other software, Microsoft decided to look at other industry breaches and investigate the timing of those event with respect to when the flaws entered its database.
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http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=DATA-BREACHES
On 17 October 2017, five former employees revealed that at the time of the breach Microsoft raised a number of internal alarms signaling that hackers had compromised the database it uses to track patches.
The attack has been blamed on Wild Neutron, a sophisticating hacking group which has targeted Apple, Facebook, and a number of other multi-billion dollar companies.
Even so, the former Microsoft workers said the database was poorly protected by just a single password.
Concerned that the hacking group had stolen details on some of its open vulnerabilities for Windows and other software, Microsoft decided to look at other industry breaches and investigate the timing of those event with respect to when the flaws entered its database.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=DATA-BREACHES