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Hack of IMF Email Accounts Highlights Microsoft Vulnerabilities

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Todd Faulk


Todd Faulk

Kushicilelwe ngo: Mashi 20, 2024

I-International Monetary Fund (IMF), umbolekisi omkhulu kohulumeni emhlabeni, ibike ukuthi angu-11 ama-akhawunti ayo e-imeyili agqekezwa ngoFebhuwari 2024. Lokhu kugebenga kungeza ohlwini olukhulayo lwezinhlangano ezinkulu ezibone ama-akhawunti azo e-imeyili e-Microsoft esetshenziswa ebucayini. ngonyaka odlule.

I-IMF ithe ilethe ochwepheshe be-cybersecurity ukuthi benze imizamo yokulungisa futhi bavikele kabusha ama-akhawunti, kodwa ayizange idalule uhlobo lwama-akhawunti onakalisiwe noma umthelela wokwephulwa kwemisebenzi yawo.

“I-IMF ikuthatha njengento ebaluleke kakhulu ukuvikela nokuvikela izehlakalo ze-inthanethi futhi, njengazo zonke izinhlangano, isebenza ngaphansi kokuqagela ukuthi ngeshwa izigameko ze-inthanethi zizokwenzeka. I-IMF inohlelo oluqinile lwe-cybersecurity ekhona ukuze iphendule ngokushesha nangempumelelo ezigamekweni ezinjengalezi,” kusho le nhlangano esitatimendeni sabezindaba.

I-IMF yengeze ngokuthi, “Asinazimpawu zokuthi kukhona okunye ukuyekethisa ngaphandle kwalawa ma-akhawunti e-imeyili njengamanje. Uphenyo ngalesi sigameko lusaqhubeka.”

I-IMF iyisisekelo sohlelo lwezezimali lomhlaba wonke olunamazwe ayi-189 njengamalungu. Ibolekwe cishe isigidintathu samaRandi emazweni amaningi asathuthuka abhekane nezinkinga zezimali kusukela iSikhwama sasungulwa ngo-1.

Izikhulu ze-IMF ziqinisekise kuwebhusayithi ye-BleepingComputer cybersecurity ukuthi isebenzisa isoftware ye-Microsoft 365 esekelwe ngamafu kuma-akhawunti ayo e-imeyili. Ukwephulwa kwe-imeyili kwe-IMF kulandela ukwephulwa okufanayo kwe-Hewlett Packard Enterprise, evezwe ngoJanuwari, lapho iqembu labagebengu baseRussia elixhaswe nguhulumeni iMidnight Blizzard lathola khona ukufinyelela kwamanye ama-akhawunti e-imeyili e-HPE lisebenzisa iMicrosoft 365 futhi leba imininingwane yenkampani liwasebenzisa.

Ukuba sengozini kwezokuphepha kwa-Microsoft kudlulela ngalé kwamakhasimende ayo ezinkampani asebenzisa i-Microsoft 365 esekelwe emafini. Iqembu elifanayo le-Midnight Blizzard lagebenga i-Microsoft ngokwayo ngo-January ngohlelo lwalo lwendawo lwe-Exchange Online, lathola ukufinyelela kuma-imeyili ezinkampani.

Lokhu kulandela ukwephulwa komthetho wango-2023 lapho abalingisi baseShayina abasabisayo bagebenga ama-akhawunti e-imeyili ezinhlangano ezingu-25 ezisebenzisa iMicrosoft Exchange Online futhi zeba idatha yezinkampani besebenzisa ama-akhawunti.

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