A security surveillance camera is seen near the Microsoft office building in Beijing, July 20, 2021. Microsoft says cyberattacks by state-backed Russian hackers have destroyed data across dozens of organizations in Ukraine and produced a “chaotic information environment.” The company …German tech company TeamViewer said it discovered a Russian-linked cyberattack on the remote access software company’s corporate network that has exposed employees’ data to sophisticated hackers.
TeamViewer first revealed the hack of its corporate IT last week and attributed the breach to “APT29 / Midnight Blizzard,” a group that the Biden administration has previously tied to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service . Microsoft has unique knowledge of Russian hacking operations and has worked with the U.S. intelligence community to blunt cyberattackers aiming at Ukraine.
“We hardened authentication procedures for our employees to a maximum level and implemented further strong protection layers,” TeamViewer said Sunday.