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Microsoft says Russian hackers breached its systems, accessed source code (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 6 months ago by kid@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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Microsoft reported a breach by Russian group 'Midnight Blizzard,' which accessed internal systems and source code using stolen authentication secrets from a January cyberattack. The unauthorized access was facilitated by a compromised non-production test account lacking multi-factor authentication and linked to an OAuth app with elevated privileges. Microsoft is contacting affected customers and has ramped up security measures to counter the persistent threat.

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 45 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Oh, no. Imagine all the havoc that could be wrought if the source code for an operating system was released onto the internet /s

That's why you should never rely on security through obscurity.

-- Sent from my Linux desktop

[–] assembly@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

I hope these hackers didn’t also get the source code to RockyLinux or I’m screwed man. If all you need is source code access, I won’t be safe after that. :-)

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I don't think that is the concern here.

Microsoft is a huge cloud provider now.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Inconcievably.

[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What OS does that cloud utilize?

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What does it matter?

[–] msage@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

Source code is available for most of their infrastructure is what I'm saying.

[–] rutellthesinful@kbin.social 3 points 6 months ago

wouldn't the counterpoint to that be all the vulnerabilities that have sat out in the open for years before finally being reported?

[–] rdri@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Chances are it didn't involve the OS source code. If you read the article, previously Microsoft reported about source code for service components like Exchange, Azure etc.