Microsoft could face further investigation after attack
US senator Ron Wyden is calling on three separate bodies to conduct their own investigations into Microsoft following the recent email hacking attack that saw government officials like Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Secretary of State Antony Blinken targeted.
According to Microsoft’s own accounts, a Chinese threat actor that is being tracked as Storm-0558 “gained access to email accounts affecting approximately 25 organizations in the public cloud including government agencies.” Redmond said that related consumer accounts of individuals associated with these affected organizations were also compromised.
In his letter, Senator Wyden likens the attack to the 2020 SolarWinds campaign by a Russian threat actor, during which US government emails were also hacked.
