Microsoft has been forced to disclose it was hacked by the Russian state. The hackers were inside Redmond’s network for a month and a half.
Putin’s goons got in easily, by spraying passwords at a test server until they succeeded—which really shouldn’t be possible. Then they pivoted to the production environment—which really shouldn’t be possible.
Russia Hacked Microsoft Execs — SolarWinds Hackers at it Again (https_securityboulevard.com)