Russian hackers trying to breach systems: Microsoft
Microsoft said on Friday that Russian state-sponsored hacking group Midnight Blizzard was trying to breach its systems again using information it stole by hacking into the tech giant's corporate emails in January. In the January attack, the hacking group that is also known as Nobelium had breach ed Microsoft's corporate email systems and stolen emails and documents from staff accounts. "In recent weeks, we have seen evidence that Midnight Blizzard is using information initially exfiltrated from our corporate email systems to gain, or attempt to gain, unauthorised access," the company said in a statement on its blog. Read more: Microsoft announces principles to foster innovation, competition in AI That data includes some of its source code repositories and internal systems , Microsoft said. The company's shares edged lower following the news, "It is apparent that Midnight Blizzard is attempting to use secrets of different types it has found,"...