Microsoft fears a major cyber attack
After China, Russian hackers are feared to be caught by the US-based multinational technology company Microsoft. It is thought that hackers could carry out the attack through SolarWinds software. That's why the company has warned all its customers, government agencies, think tanks, consultants and NGOs around the world.
Earlier, the latest cyber attack on Microsoft was carried out by a hacker group called Nobelium. Their target was 3,000 email accounts of about 150 companies. Of these 150 companies, the largest were in the United States. At that time different organizations of 24 more countries were affected.
Tom Burt, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Consumer Protection and Trust, said the hackers were primarily targeting government agencies related to other countries. The attackers were able to use several accounts of the international development agency USAID. The accounts with which most contacts were made abroad.
In addition to Microsoft, BigBasket was also the victim of a cyber attack. Last month, BigBasket leaked information to 20 million customers. The leaked information included the customer's address, phone number, password and age. The Joe Biden administration has recently implemented new policies to improve national cyber security to prevent such attacks.