UK works with Microsoft after Chinese digital attack | technology

The National Cyber ​​Security Center (NCSC). United kingdom She said this Thursday that she is working with Microsoft To understand the impact of the attack attributed to China.

Authorities said email accounts used by high-ranking officials and US government agencies were accessed in the attack.

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Microsoft revealed on Tuesday that a Chinese hacking operation exploited a secret vulnerability in one of its authentication software to break into email accounts belonging to 25 unidentified organizations.

A spokesman for the National Cyber ​​Security Centre, part of the British spy agency GCHQ, said: “We are working with Microsoft to fully understand the incident and its impact on the UK.”