![]() ![]() According to a copy of a warning note seen by Reuters, Nobelium had access to one victim during the second half of May. Microsoft said it has advised compromised customers that they were the victim of a nation-state attack. At the time, the company said the Russian hacking group has targeted 3,000 email accounts across 150 organisations, primarily in the US. Microsoft warned in May that Nobelium is targeting third sector organisations and government agencies. The Redmond-headquartered tech giant said it discovered the compromise during its response to Nobelium’s SolarWinds hack, which has cast a long shadow due to its sheer size. ![]() “Espionage may be run-of-the-mill to insiders and folks like me, but in my opinion for the public or layperson there is rarely such a thing as ‘run-of-the-mill’ espionage,” said Cody Barrow, now director of threat intelligence at global threat intel company EclecticIQ.īut he added that it “might also be what it looks like – a bit of a nothing-burger and leftover breadcrumbs from the earlier campaign”. However, a former US Cyber Command intelligence officer told Verdict this language could be “deliberate messaging to downplay hype and limit Russia’s claim to sophistication”. A White House official told Reuters that the attack appears to be “run-of-the-mill espionage”. ![]()
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