Russian hackers steal US government emails with Microsoft

In a recent cyber attack, Russian hackers have reportedly exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft software to gain access to government emails. Here’s what you need to know.

The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency claimed that their access to the email system of Microsoft was misused by Russian government-backed hackers to steal correspondence between the tech giant and officials.

The new claims were made in an emergency directive which was issued by the US watchdog on Thursday. The agency issued a warning on April 2, saying that hackers are using authentication details from Microsoft email to get into the systems of Microsoft customers. This includes the systems of some government agencies, although it didn’t specify which ones.