Microsoft must be held responsible for China's U.S. government email hack, Senator Wyden demands
accessed the Microsoft-powered email accounts
stolen encryption key was for consumer accounts, 'a validation error in Microsoft code' allowed the hackers to also create fake tokens for Microsoft-hosted accounts for government agencies and other organizations, and thereby access those accounts," Wyden wrote. "This incident demonstrates the evolving challenges of cybersecurity in the face of sophisticated attacks. We continue to work directly with government agencies on this issue, and maintain our commitment to continue sharing information at Microsoft Threat Intelligence blog," a Microsoft spokesperson said.
The State Department's cyber team informed Microsoft of the attack, and was only able to do so because it had engineered more granular reporting and logging. After the hack, Microsoft said it would stop charging for the sophisticated logging and offer it for free.
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