Suspected Russian hackers made failed attempt to breach CrowdStrike, company says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The suspected Russian hackers blamed for breaking proper into a group of U.S. authorities firms and cybersecurity company FireEye moreover made a failed attempt to hack into cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, the Sunnyvale, California-based company acknowledged in a weblog publish.
CrowdStrike acknowledged that it was alerted by Microsoft on Dec. 15 that the hackers had tried to study CrowdStrike’s emails using a Microsoft reseller’s account “various months previously.”
CrowdStrike acknowledged in its weblog publish that the attempt failed.
Microsoft did not immediately return a message on the lookout for contact upon Thursday. The National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency did not immediately return messages.
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