Microsoft at during the weekend announced that account of a support worker was compromised by hackers. In this way the attackers managed to have access to users' email accounts.
However, the news circulating says that the incident was worse than she wants to present company in its announcement and that hackers were able to read users' emails.
A Publication of Motherboard reveals that attackers could "gain access to any email account as long as it was not corporate."
Microsoft said in a statement to its users that hackers had access to certain information, such as e-mail folder names and message subjects, but did not have access to the contents of the message.
This unauthorized access could allow unauthorized parties to access and / or view information about your account (such as your email address, folder names, email subject lines, and names other email addresses you contact), but not the content of any emails or attachments
However, according to Motherboard's publication, the hackers were able to gain "full access to the content of the email" as the support account they were using had elevated privileges. access.
Microsoft later acknowledged that this was true, stating that the emails of a very small number of users may have been exposed.
In addition, although Microsoft reports that the breach occurred from January to March, the Motherboard publication states that hackers have been accessing email accounts for about six months. However, Microsoft denied it.
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