Microsoft caught on to the shenanigans of the Russian state-sponsored threat actor group Nobelium before they got away with too much intelligence.
When it comes to security breaches, traditionally we expect that it is a company with poor security practices or simply struggling to keep up in the never-ending onslaught of threats online. However, the latest breach suffered by Microsoft changes that narrative significantly, indicating that, realistically, anyone could get popped and be none the wiser. Thankfully, Microsoft caught on to the shenanigans of the Russian state-sponsored threat actor group Nobelium before they got away with too much intelligence.
This threat actor group known as Nobelium, among many other names, such as Midnight Blizzard, Cozy Bear, or APT-29, is a group with ties to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
