Microsoft. Yesterday, the American company confirmed that its servers were hacked, and for several months the hackers had the opportunity to access information from the Outlook platform. The problems were very serious when Microsoft announced the problems, without saying how many accounts were affected, but today comes an addition, the Americans saying that even MSN and Hotmail email addresses were also broken by hackers.
Microsoft. The American company said that a limited number of users were affected by this security breach, but it is not clear what this means, and whether it is "only" a few million, tens of millions, or hundreds of millions of people . Those from Microsoft would have already sent emails to the people who were affected by this problem, and would have blocked the hackers' access to the information that was exposed, although this means nothing to us.
Microsoft. MORE SERIOUS PROBLEMS than initially announced
Microsoft. The hackers had access to data between January 1 and March 28, a fairly long period of time in which they could download any kind of information, but apparently not the content of users' emails. However, the fact that not only Outlook users, but also those of MSN or Hotmail were affected, raises even more question marks regarding the security measures that Microsoft has taken to protect the data of users who use them the services.
Microsoft has confirmed that a certain "limited" number of people who use web email services managed by Microsoft — which cover services like @msn.com and @hotmail.com — had their accounts compromised.
Microsoft. The problems that the American company is going through now are similar to those that Facebook went through just a few weeks ago, only that in the case of that company we also knew how many people were affected. Those from Microsoft do not want to provide information of this kind for the time being, but they will most likely be forced by the press to reveal in the end how many people have suffered from this severe security breach.
UPDATED: Microsoft confirmed that in the case of some of the users, the content of the emails was also accessed.
A small group (~6 percent of the original, already limited subset of consumers) was notified that the bad actors could have had unauthorized access to the content of their email accounts, and was provided with additional guidance and support.