Midnight Blizzard attack against Microsoft impacts US agencies

CyberScoop reports that U.S. federal agencies were reported to have received an emergency directive from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency regarding the impact of a Microsoft hack by Russian state-sponsored threat operation Midnight Blizzard, also known as APT29, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes, earlier this year.

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