Microsoft Confirm: We've Been Hacked, too

We are not surprised, Microsoft writes in a statement released friday afternoon.  Quite frankly, neither am I…

“As reported by Facebook and Apple, Microsoft can confirm that we also recently experienced a similar security intrusion.” 

Microsoft Security Response Center

When trying to log on to my online banking service this morning, I was met by a message that said that the service was down due to technical problems. It may, or may not, be related, but somehow I got a feeling it perhaps was more to this story than met my sleepy eyes.

And I really hate to tell you; I might be right.

On the Microsoft security pages, I found the following statement, issued on Friday afternoon:

As reported by Facebook and Apple, Microsoft can confirm that we also recently experienced a similar security intrusion.

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• After Facebook and Apple, Microsoft Gets Hacked Too (news.softpedia.com)
• Microsoft: Yes, We Got Hacked Too (clixto7.com)
• Microsoft confirms hack attack mirroring recent Facebook break-in (foxnews.com)
• Microsoft Gets Hacked, Liked Everyone Else (247wallst.com)
• Microsoft is latest hacking victim (independent.ie)

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