Chinese Hackers Storm 0558 Breach US Government Email Accounts For Espionage Data Theft Credential Access Microsoft Claimed

Microsoft has revealed that the email accounts of about 25 agencies, including US government agencies, were compromised by Chinese hackers. Microsoft researchers and officials have confirmed that these agencies were targeted as part of a suspected cyber-espionage campaign aimed at accessing sensitive data in computer networks. Let us tell you that recently China had denied the reports that Chinese hackers were targeting America and now, Microsoft’s latest report has added fuel to this raging fire.

Microsoft has blog post It has been reported that 25 accounts of various agencies were targeted by Chinese hackers, including those in Europe as well as America. Not only this, an attempt was also made to access the accounts of customers associated with these organizations. The alias of the hacking group has been described as Storm-0558, which is a group related to China.

Microsoft’s report further reveals that the main purpose of Storm-0558 was espionage, data theft and accessing credentials. The group has previously targeted government agencies based in Western Europe.

Microsoft was first notified of the intrusion on June 16. of company blog post According to , a Chinese hacking group had accessed the email account on May 15. However, Microsoft has not disclosed the number of accounts that may be affected by these hackers.

According to the report, hackers took advantage of a security loophole in Microsoft’s cloud-computing system, which has now been fixed. The hackers managed to infiltrate accounts that used Microsoft’s Outlook email service. These accounts were used to create authentication tokens, which gave hackers the opportunity to impersonate users.

There is a possibility that the Chinese hacking group was either affiliated with or working for Beijing’s intelligence service. In a recent blog post, Microsoft’s Executive Vice President, Charlie Bell, said that the main function of this group is to spy and to do so they access email systems to gather intelligence.