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The US and some of its allies, including the UK, EU, and NATO, issued statements today (July 19) linking—with varying degrees of forcefulness—a large-scale hack of Microsoft that took place earlier this year to individuals affiliated with China’s government. In March, Microsoft attributed the hack to “a highly skilled and sophisticated actor” it called “Hafnium,” which it said “operates from China.” The group exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s non-cloud Exchange Server software, which the company wasn’t aware of, to steal information from the private-sector businesses that use the service. A statement from the White House accused “with a high degree of...
