#US accuses #China of massive #Microsoft hack on 250,000 servers worldwide 

On Monday, the Biden administration joined allied nations in formally naming People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored hackers as responsible for exploiting an estimated 250,000 servers in the Microsoft Exchange hack discovered in March, a senior administration official told American Military News on a press call Sunday. The senior administration official said China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) has used criminal contract hackers ‘to conduct unsanctioned cyber operations globally.’ Along with the Microsoft Exchange hack, the senior official said other notable malicious cyber activity has included extortion, ‘cryptojacking,’ cyber-assisted theft and ransomware operations targeting victims around the world. Cryptojacking entails

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