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The recently announced data leak in Microsoft's Exchange software is likely to attract more and more cyber criminals. Ransom-oriented hackers had started to exploit the security gap,
The recently announced data leak in Microsoft's Exchange software is likely to attract more and more cyber criminals. Ransom-oriented hackers had started to exploit the security gap,
https://twitter.com/MsftSecIntel/status/1370236539427459076
wrote the responsible Microsoft manager Phillip Misner on Twitter. The ransomware with the name "DearCry" appeared on servers affected by the vulnerability. "DearCry" is blocked. Experts attribute the attack to a Chinese hacker group.
Hackers use ransomware to attempt to encrypt computer systems and extort money from users in order to release the data. "DearCry" is the latest indication that the vulnerability that became known this month on tens of thousands of servers worldwide
could open the door for a multitude of hackers, cybercriminals and cyber-espionage operators or has already opened the door.
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