Cyber Threat Report: 'Review of the Summer 2023 Microsoft Exchange Online Intrusion'

Report Author Cyber Safety Review Board
Publication Date 2024-03-20
Original Reporting Source
Attributed to Nation China
Related Intrusion Sets Zirconium , Violet Typhoon , APT31 , Storm-0558
Victim Sectors Ministries of Foreign Affairs, National Government

This report by the US Cyber Safety Review Board presents the findings of an investigation into compromise of Microsoft Exchange Online mailboxes in May and June 2023. According to the report 22 organizations and over 500 individuals were affected, including 'senior United States government representatives working on national security matters'. The report provides information about Storm-0558, the group behind the intrusion, as well as information on how the attack was conducted and how this type of attack could be prevented in the future. The review found that 'this intrusion was preventable and should never have occurred.'

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