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The company said it detected that a nation-state threat actor had gained access to and exfiltrated information from a very small percentage of employee email accounts, including those of senior leadership and employees in cybersecurity, legal and other functions, beginning in late November 2023.

8-K/AMaterial Cybersecurity Incidents (amended)Amended filingFiled Period of report Summary published (UTC)

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  1. The company said it detected that a nation-state threat actor had gained access to and exfiltrated information from a very small percentage of employee email accounts, including those of senior leadership and employees in cybersecurity, legal and other functions, beginning in late November 2023.

  2. The company said that since the Original Filing, it has determined the threat actor used and continues to use information it obtained to gain, or attempt to gain, unauthorized access to some of its source code repositories and internal systems. It said it has found no evidence to date that Microsoft-hosted customer-facing systems have been compromised.

  3. The company said Midnight Blizzard increased the volume of some aspects of the attack, such as password sprays, by as much as 10-fold in February, compared with the already large volume seen in January. It said it has been reaching out to customers whose shared secrets it found in exfiltrated email to help them take mitigating measures.

  4. The company said it has increased its security investments and cross-enterprise coordination and continues to cooperate with federal law enforcement. As of the date of this filing, the incident has not had a material impact on its operations. It said it has not yet determined that the incident is reasonably likely to materially impact its financial condition or results of operations.

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Email account access by nation-state actor beginning in late November 2023

The company said it detected that a nation-state threat actor had gained access to and exfiltrated information from a very small percentage of employee email accounts, including those of senior leadership and employees in cybersecurity, legal and other functions, beginning in late November 2023.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

Attempted access to source code repositories and internal systems; attack continues

The company said that since the Original Filing, it has determined the threat actor used and continues to use information it obtained to gain, or attempt to gain, unauthorized access to some of its source code repositories and internal systems. It said it has found no evidence to date that Microsoft-hosted customer-facing systems have been compromised.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

Attacker scale grows: password spray up to 10-fold in February

The company said Midnight Blizzard increased the volume of some aspects of the attack, such as password sprays, by as much as 10-fold in February, compared with the already large volume seen in January. It said it has been reaching out to customers whose shared secrets it found in exfiltrated email to help them take mitigating measures.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

Security investments rise; status of financial and operational impact assessment

The company said it has increased its security investments and cross-enterprise coordination and continues to cooperate with federal law enforcement. As of the date of this filing, the incident has not had a material impact on its operations. It said it has not yet determined that the incident is reasonably likely to materially impact its financial condition or results of operations.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

AI summarized the filing and translated the summary into English; it may differ from the original. For reference only, not investment advice. AI translated the published Korean report into English. Figures are copied as filed, not recalculated.

Original filing

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Source: SEC EDGAR (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Item captions are the SEC's. The summary is for reference only and is not investment advice.