Microsoft confirmed that it was the target of hackers.
After several days of uncertainty, Microsoft confirmed that the Lapsus $ hacker group had access to the company’s systems, but to a limited extent.
According to the software giant, the hackers managed to hack the account of one of the Microsoft employees. This allowed them to access parts of the Microsoft source code, which was then stolen.
Two days ago, the Lapsus $ group released 37 GB of source code, which was allegedly stolen from the Azure DevOps server, which is under the control of Microsoft.
The stolen code refers to a number of company projects, such as Cortana, Bing Search Engine and Bing Maps.
Microsoft said in a statement that user data and codes were not part of the published data, while the compromised account is now protected to prevent further malicious actions.