Feds to Microsoft: Clean Up Your Cloud Security Act Now

A federal review board demanded that the tech giant prioritize its "inadequate" security posture, putting the blame solely on the company for last year's Microsoft 365 breach that allowed China's Storm-0558 to hack the email accounts of key government officials. [TechWeb]( Follow Dark Reading: [RSS]( April 04, 2024 LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY [Feds to Microsoft: Clean Up Your Cloud Security Act Now]( A federal review board demanded that the tech giant prioritize its "inadequate" security posture, putting the blame solely on the company for last year's Microsoft 365 breach that allowed China's Storm-0558 to hack the email accounts of key government officials. [How Soccer's 2022 World Cup in Qatar Was Nearly Hacked]( A China-linked threat actor had access to a router configuration database that could have completely disrupted coverage, a security vendor says. 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