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Microsoft to Offer Some Cybersecurity Tools Free After Suspected China Hack

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Dissent

Dustin Volz and Robert McMillan report:

Microsoft said it plans to offer free some tools that can spot cyberattacks following last week’s disclosure of a major security breach linked to Chinese hackers that was undetectable for some customers.

The decision to open up access to its back-end systems that log activity on the cloud came after Microsoft’s tiered payment system attracted criticism in the wake of an alleged Chinese cyber-espionage campaign, which the company said infiltrated its cloud-based email system and compromised inboxes at about two dozen organizations globally.

Read more at WSJ.

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