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CISA Advisory Says Threat Actors Stole App Secrets in Azure-Hosted Backup PlatformA suspected Chinese state hacking group linked to last year’s telecom intrusions breached Commvault’s Microsoft Azure environment, exposing sensitive Microsoft 365 credentials and reigniting fears over U.S. cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities and default security settings.

US Cyber Defense Agency Instructs Agencies to Fortify Systems Amid Microsoft BreachThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency publicly released an emergency directive Thursday requiring impacted federal agencies to take immediate remediation measures amid continued fallout from the Russian state-sponsored hacking of Microsoft that began in late November.

CISA has issued a new emergency directive ordering U.S. federal agencies to address risks resulting from the breach of multiple Microsoft corporate email accounts by the Russian APT29 hacking group. [...]