:strip_icc()/i.s3.glbimg.com/v1/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a/internal_photos/bs/2021/b/H/woqlKySeG6BsfeEK1gfg/2021-09-09t184655z-2067533641-rc2imp9qsldc-rtrmadp-3-health-coronavirus-microsoft.jpg "Hackers break into Microsoft and steal part of the company’s product source code | Technology")
The tech giant claims that the data accessed must not harm its users or its operations.
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“No code or consumer data was involved in the activities. Our investigation found a single compromised account, allowing limited access,” explains the company. Microsoft in a post on your security blog.
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For the company, the criminals’ objective is to gain access to organizations’ data by stealing passwords and, thus, using this privileged information to blackmail companies.
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“The tactics and objectives indicate that this is a cybercriminal actor motivated by theft and destruction,” the company says.
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In the case of the products accessed — the search engine Bing and the artificial intelligence assistant Cortana, reports The Verge — the company does not believe that the criminal action could cause problems, as it “does not trust the secrecy of the source code” as a factor. of security.
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