US Cybersecurity Agency says Russian hackers used their access to Microsoft to steal sensitive emails

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Russian hackers have used Microsoft’s  email system to steal correspondence between officials. The agency said hackers were exploiting authentication details shared by email to try to break into Microsoft’s customer systems, including those of an unspecified number of government agencies.

Jeffrey Newman is a whistleblower lawyer whose firm represents whistleblowers in healthcare fraud cases under the False Claims Act (FCA) and also under the Securities and Exchange, FINCEN and CFTC whistleblower programs. He can be reached at Jeff@JeffNewmanLaw.com or at 617-823-3217