Microsoft says Russian hackers behind SolarWinds cyberattack targeting hundreds of US networks in new campaign


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The Russian-based agency behind last year’s massive SolarWinds cyberattack has targeted hundreds more companies and organisations in its latest wave of attacks on US-based computer systems, Microsoft said in a blog post. Microsoft, in a blog post dated October 24, said Nobelium’s latest wave targeted “resellers and other technology service providers” of cloud services. Those attacks were part of a broader campaign over the summer, Microsoft said, adding it had notified 609 customers between July 1 and October 19 that they had been attacked. Just a small per cent of the latest attempts were successful, Microsoft told The New York...