"Microsoft Denies Major 30 Million Customer-Breach"

Microsoft has recently hit back at claims from Anonymous Sudan that it managed to breach the company and obtain account access for tens of millions of customers.  Anonymous Sudan, which has been linked in the past to pro-Kremlin groups like Killnet, posted the details of its alleged raid on Telegram.  In one of the posts, it said: “We announce that we have successfully hacked Microsoft and have access to a large database containing more than 30 million Microsoft accounts, emails, and passwords.  We will begin selling this database, so if you’re interested, contact us at our bot to negotiate.”  Anonymous Sudan said it would be selling the haul for $50,000.  It attached what it claimed to be a “small sample” of compromised details as proof of its word.  Microsoft, in a brief statement, stated that at this time, their analysis of the data shows that this is not a legitimate claim and an aggregation of data.  Microsoft noted that they have seen no evidence that their customer data has been accessed or compromised.  Anonymous Sudan has caused trouble for Microsoft in the past.  The tech giant admitted in mid-June that the group, which it tracks as “Storm-1359,” had been responsible for Layer 7 DDoS attacks against it earlier that month.  In February, Anonymous Sudan claimed responsibility for a number of DDoS attacks against Swedish companies, which it said were retaliation for an incident of Quran burning near Turkey’s embassy in Stockholm.  However, experts at the time assessed the cyberattacks may have been a Russian false-flag campaign designed to continue whipping up hatred towards Sweden in Muslim countries like Turkey, which has a veto over the country’s accession to NATO.

Infosecurity reports: "Microsoft Denies Major 30 Million Customer-Breach"