Microsoft confirms it was breached by hackers

Microsoft has confirmed it was breached by the hacker group Lapsus$, adding to the cyber gang’s growing list of victims.

In a blog post late Tuesday, Microsoft said Lapsus$ had compromised one of its accounts, resulting in “limited access” to company systems but not the data of any Microsoft customers.

“Our cybersecurity response teams quickly engaged to remediate the compromised account and prevent further activity,” Microsoft said in the post.

The disclosure comes after Lapsus$ claimed credit for compromising Okta, the widely used digital identity management firm. On Tuesday evening, following an investigation into those claims, Okta acknowledged that hundreds of its customers may have been affected by a breach in January linked to one of Okta’s outside contractors.

Lapsus$ previously claimed to have breached chip giant Nvidia. Nvidia confirmed a breach to CNN earlier this month following Lapsus$’s claim.

Addressing claims by Lapsus$ that the group had stolen Microsoft source code, the technology giant said Tuesday that Microsoft’s approach to risk management means the possession of the code would not benefit the hackers even if they had managed to access it.

“Microsoft does not rely on the secrecy of code as a security measure and viewing source code does not lead to elevation of risk,” Microsoft said.

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