Microsoft: Russian Hackers Escalate Attacks, Exploiting Resellers to Steal Emails
• Microsoft warns Russian hackers have escalated attacks on it and customers after stealing exec emails • Hackers are from group Microsoft calls Midnight Blizzard, linked to Russia's SVR intelligence agency • Hackers are exploiting Microsoft resellers and service accounts to access cloud tenants and steal email • Attacks show cloud providers like Microsoft are high priority targets for nation-state hackers • Security experts question Microsoft's ability to defend itself and say reliance on it is risky