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SAN FRANCISCO, March 3 — Microsoft has said a state-sponsored hacking group operating out of China is exploiting previously unknown security flaws in its Exchange email services to steal data from business users. The company said the hacking group, which it has named “Hafnium”, is a “highly...

Wednesday, 03 Mar 2021 10:49 PM MYT

The company said the hacking group, which it has named “Hafnium”, is a “highly skilled and sophisticated actor”. In a blog post yesterday, Microsoft executive Tom Burt said the company had released updates to fix the security flaws, which apply to on-premises versions of the software rather than cloud-based versions, and urged customers to apply them.

Beijing has previously hit back at US accusations of state-sponsored cybertheft. Last year it accused Washington of smears following allegations that Chinese hackers were attempting to steal coronavirus research.

 

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