Microsoft claims that the SolarWinds hack should not worry its customers
However, latest announcements claim that hackers had access to the company´s source codes.

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) has indicated that suspected Russian hackers who have carried out cyberattacks on US government agencies and private companies have leaked the company's source code. The company continued its investigation into the SolarWinds attack, stating that the hackers went beyond the SolarWinds code and viewed the source code in several source code repositories. However, the company has indicated that the hacked account that granted access did not have permission to modify the system or any code. Further investigation revealed that no changes were made and the company investigated the accounts and eliminated them. The company said in a blog post that the hack did not compromise customer data or the company's services. Microsoft has claimed that the perpetrator of this attack was a "very sophisticated nation-state actor", but cybersecurity officials and the US government have linked Russia to the attacks. The SolarWinds attack exposed a list of sensitive organizations, and Microsoft's exposure indicates that it could take weeks or even months to unravel the impact of the attack. Fortunately, although the hackers got deeper than previously thought, they did not access customer data or production services. The company says there is no evidence that its services were used in anyone else's hacking and believes the attackers can see its code, which it does not rely on to keep its products secure. Microsoft says its model assumes that hackers have access to the code, and therefore accessing the code does not pose an increased risk. However, the company did not disclose how the code was disclosed or what the code is used for, In early December, the company's president Brad Smith said the attack was a wake-up call and warned of the effects. He said it was not a matter of espionage as usual or an attack on a specific target, but rather an attack on the reliability and trust in the most important global infrastructure to advance a given country's intelligence service.





