Microsoft says Russian state-sponsored hacking group attack tech giant's network

Microsoft (MSFT) said Friday a Russian state-sponsored group launched an attack on the tech giant's network.X The attack was detected January 12 by Microsoft's security team which "immediately activated our response process to investigate, disrupt malicious activity, mitigate the attack, and deny the threat actor further access," the company said in a blog post.Microsoft identified the culprit as Midnight Blizzard, a "Russian state-sponsored actor also known as Nobelium.""Beginning in late November 2023, th ...