November 7, 2023 By Susan Laborde
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In July 2023, Microsoft spilled the beans that Chinese hackers had busted into their cloud servers and swiped a crap ton of emails from US government peeps. We’re talking about 60,000 messages exposed! Crazy right? The kicker is that Microsoft didn’t even realize they’d been hacked until months later. Talk about slow reaction time! They finally fessed up publicly in September, but who knows how long those sneaky hackers had access?
This wasn’t the first time Microsoft slipped up, either. Turns out they’ve had a string of security snafus over the years, leading to breaches left and right. It’s like their servers are made of swiss cheese with all the holes hackers have found. So now we’ve got the Chinese probably reading up on all kinds of confidential stuff about our government. Who knows what kinds of shady plans they’ll hatch with that kind of insider intel?
Anyway, it’s a big mess for Microsoft. If you use Microsoft products, you should be aware of the Microsoft data breach timeline for several reasons. We cover 50+ statistics in this article so you can learn and stay proactive.
