Microsoft Confirms It Was Hacked By Group Involved in Nvidia's Data Breach - IGN

Microsoft has confirmed it was hacked by the same group that recently targeted Nvidia and Samsung.

Hacker group LAPSUS$ – branded DEV-0537 in Microsoft's blog post outlining the attack – stole and released part of the source code for Bing, Bing Maps, and Microsoft Cortana.

No customer code or data was involved in the attack, Microsoft said, and the tech giant will continue to monitor LAPSUS$ activity and implement protection for its customers.

Its security teams launched a full-scale investigation in recent weeks after LAPSUS$ began targeting other major tech firms and announcing its actions on social media.

"The objective of DEV-0537 is to gain elevated access through stolen credentials that enable data theft and destructive attacks against a targeted organization, often resulting in extortion."

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A single account was compromised however, which allowed the group to steal the data, but Microsoft said it was able to stop the attack mid-operation and limit broader impact.

The objective of LAPSUS$, said Microsoft, was "to gain elevated access through stolen credentials that enable data theft and destructive attacks against a targeted organization, often resulting in extortion. Tactics and objectives indicate this is a cybercriminal actor motivated by theft and destruction."

The hacker group's recent attack on Nvidia claimed one terabyte of data, including files detailing the tech company's hardware and software. As reported by IGN's sister-site PCMag, LAPSUS$ later launched an attack on Samsung that saw it allegedly publish what it called "confidential Samsung source code".

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

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