{"id":11730,"date":"2024-07-04T07:51:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T07:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11730"},"modified":"2024-07-04T07:51:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T07:51:10","slug":"government-says-veterans-affairs-and-state-departments-were-swept-up-in-russian-backed-microsoft-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11730","title":{"rendered":"Government says Veterans Affairs and State Departments were swept up in Russian-backed Microsoft hack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The US Department of Veterans Affairs and an arm of the US State Department are among a growing list of <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/microsoft\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/microsoft\/\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft<\/a> Corp. customers that have acknowledged they were impacted by a breach of the technology giant that was blamed on Russian state-sponsored hackers.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usagm.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.usagm.gov\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\">US Agency for Global Media<\/a>, part of the State Department that provides news and information in countries where the press is restricted, was notified \u201ca couple months ago\u201d by Microsoft that some of its data may have been stolen, a spokesperson said in an emailed statement. No security or personally identifiable sensitive data was compromised, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The agency is working closely with the Department of Homeland Security on the incident, the spokesperson said, declining to answer additional questions. A State Department spokesperson said, \u201cWe are aware that Microsoft is reaching out to agencies, both affected and unaffected, in the spirit of transparency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft disclosed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/2024\/01\/25\/midnight-blizzard-guidance-for-responders-on-nation-state-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/2024\/01\/25\/midnight-blizzard-guidance-for-responders-on-nation-state-attack\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\">January<\/a> that a Russian hacking group it calls Midnight Blizzard had accessed corporate email accounts and <a href=\"https:\/\/msrc.microsoft.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/update-on-microsoft-actions-following-attack-by-nation-state-actor-midnight-blizzard\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/msrc.microsoft.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/update-on-microsoft-actions-following-attack-by-nation-state-actor-midnight-blizzard\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\">later warned<\/a> that they were attempting to use secrets shared between the technology giant and its customers. The company has declined to identify the customers who were impacted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs our investigation continues, we have been reaching out to customers to notify them if they had corresponded with a Microsoft corporate email account that was accessed,\u201d a Microsoft spokesperson said on Wednesday. \u201cWe will continue to coordinate, support and assist our customers in taking mitigating measures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Department of Veterans Affairs was notified in March that it was impacted the Microsoft breach, officials for the agency said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A one-second intrusion<\/h2>\n<p>The hackers used a single set of stolen credentials \u2014 found in the emails they accessed \u2014 to break into a test environment in the VA\u2019s Microsoft Cloud account around January, the officials said, adding that the intrusion lasted for one second. Midnight Blizzard likely intended to check if the credentials were valid, presumably with the larger intention of breaching the VA\u2019s network, the officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The agency changed the exposed credentials, along with log-in details across their Microsoft environments, once they were notified of the intrusion, they said. After reviewing the emails that the hackers accessed, the VA determined that no additional credentials or sensitive email was taken, the officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Terrence Hayes, the VA\u2019s press secretary, said an investigation is continuing to determine any additional impact.<\/p>\n<p>The Peace Corps was also contacted by Microsoft and notified about the Midnight Blizzard breach, according to a statement from its press office. \u201cBased on this notification, Peace Corps technical staff were able to mitigate the vulnerability,\u201d according to the agency. The Peace Corps declined further comment.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg News asked other federal agencies for comment, and none of the others disclosed that they were impacted by Midnight Blizzard\u2019s attack on Microsoft. Bloomberg previously reported that more than a dozen Texas state agencies and public universities were exposed by the Russian hack.<\/p>\n<p>Midnight Blizzard, also known in cybersecurity circles as \u201cCozy Bear\u201d and \u201cAPT29,\u201d is part of Russia\u2019s foreign intelligence service, according to US and UK authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In April, US federal agencies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-04-11\/us-issues-emergency-directive-amid-fears-agencies-were-breached\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-04-11\/us-issues-emergency-directive-amid-fears-agencies-were-breached\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\">were ordered<\/a> to analyze emails, reset compromise passwords and work to secure Microsoft cloud accounts amid fears that Midnight Blizzard may have accessed correspondence. Microsoft has been notifying some customers in the months since then that their emails with the tech giant were accessed by the Russian hackers.<\/p>\n<p>The Midnight Blizzard breach was one in a series of high-profile and damaging security failures at the Redmond, Washington-based technology company, which has drawn strong condemnation by the US government. Microsoft President Brad Smith appeared before Congress last month where he acknowledged security failures and vowed to improve the company\u2019s operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Department of Veterans Affairs and an arm of the US State Department are among a growing list of Microsoft Corp. customers that have acknowledged they were impacted by a breach of the technology giant that was blamed on Russian state-sponsored hackers. 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