A group of cybercriminals known as “Anonymous Sudan” claims to have managed to hijack a large Microsoft database containing login details for 30 million US company customer accounts. As it is known that the hackers have ties to the pro-Russian Killnet hacktivists and have previously attacked their targets, including in Australia and Israel.
Hackers allegedly stole the data of 30 million Microsoft accounts. The company denies it
“Anonymous Sudan” claims that the data was stolen as a result of a recent attack on Microsoft. Each of the records in the database is to contain an e-mail address and a password associated with a given account, which makes it possible to take over sensitive information from the accounts of the company’s clients. Hackers have already offered “interested parties” to sell the database and want 50,000 for it. dollars, which is surprisingly low. The group also shared a sample of data (concerning 100 accounts) from the alleged database, but their origin could not be verified.
However, the version of the hackers is not confirmed by Microsoft. In a commentary to BleepingComputer, the company “categorically denied” that any data had been leaked from its servers. The company says it has found no evidence that anyone has accessed its customer data. However, it has not been revealed whether the investigation has already ended or is still ongoing.
So it is possible that the hackers are lying and the leaked data sample is fake. In fact, the data may come from one of the previous attacks. The fact is, however, that this group of hackers has been targeting Microsoft in recent months. In June, hackers used a DDoS attack, which caused major problems with the operation of Microsoft Azure, Outlook and OneDrive services.
Source: Gazeta
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