Government Warns of Russian Hackers Breaching U.S. Agencies Through Microsoft Emails – Urgent Directive Issued
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. government revealed on Thursday that Russian government hackers who recently infiltrated Microsoft corporate emails managed to acquire passwords and other sensitive information that could potentially compromise multiple U.S. agencies. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a branch of the Department of Homeland Security, issued an urgent directive to an undisclosed number of agencies on Tuesday, instructing them to change any compromised log-in information and investigate the extent of the security …