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Microsoft claims that an attacker gained access to one of its customer service representatives and used the information for targeted hacking. The organization said it has notified affected consumers, according to a blog post on the company’s website.
The company said on Friday that they found the vulnerability while responding to a recent wave of cyberattacks they described as significant from an older acquaintance, NOBELIUM.
Customers who had been compromised were advised to exercise additional caution when interacting with their billing contacts and change their usernames and email addresses. Users were urged not to use out-of-date usernames in order to reduce the number of logins..
Despite the numerous attempts, just three businesses were successfully phished, revealing that the vast majority of the targeted companies were not affected. Microsoft was unable to cla…
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