{"id":193246,"date":"2021-03-06T16:44:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T21:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=193246"},"modified":"2021-03-06T16:45:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T21:45:05","slug":"microsoft-finds-new-backdoor-security-breach-in-exchange-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/microsoft-finds-new-backdoor-security-breach-in-exchange-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft finds new backdoor security breach in exchange software"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmicrosoft-finds-new-backdoor-security-breach-in-exchange-software%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=193246&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2382770\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2382770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BARCELONA, SPAIN \u2013 FEBRUARY 26: A logo sits illuminated outside the Microsoft booth on day 2 of the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2019 on February 26, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:00 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, March 6, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Microsoft announced 20,000 U.S. organizations have been compromised in a recent hack. On Friday, a U.S. official said Microsoft had discovered a breach in its exchange server, which works with Microsoft Outlook to ensure updates on devices are synchronized.<\/p>\n<p>Security experts alleged Chinese hackers are behind the most recent security breach, however the Chinese government has denied those claims. This came as the hackers reportedly stole information from infectious disease researchers, law firms, defense contractors and institutes of higher education.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft said they are working with government agencies and security companies to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities noted the recent hack is completely separate from the SolarWinds hack discovered at the end of last year, which was attributed to Russian hackers.<\/p>\n<p>During a press briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki warned the latest breach could have far reaching impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst and foremost, this is an active threat, and as the National Security Advisor tweeted last night, everyone running these servers, government, private sector, academia, needs to act now to patch them,\u201d Psaki stated. \u201cWe are concerned that there are a large number of victims and are working with our partners to understand the scope of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are closely tracking Microsoft\u2019s emergency patch for previously unknown vulnerabilities in Exchange Server software and reports of potential compromises of U.S. think tanks and defense industrial base entities. We encourage network owners to patch ASAP: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q2K4DYWQud\">https:\/\/t.co\/Q2K4DYWQud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Sullivan (@JakeSullivan46) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSullivan46\/status\/1367660450855477256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This came as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency mandated emergency action be taken by those impacted by the breach. The government agency stated customers who believe they were not compromised must still apply \u201cMicrosoft patches\u201d as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p>However, the patches do not get rid of possible backdoors in the exchange software, allowing the attacks to continue.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Patching and mitigation is not remediation if the servers have already been compromised. It is essential that any organization with a vulnerable server take immediate measures to determine if they were already targeted. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HYKF2lA7sn\">https:\/\/t.co\/HYKF2lA7sn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 National Security Council (@WHNSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHNSC\/status\/1368275202883411975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reports have indicated thousands more customers may be affected by the security breach globally.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/proposal-to-block-illegal-immigrants-from-receiving-stimulus-blocked-by-senate-democrats\/\">Proposal To Block Illegal Immigrants From Receiving Stimulus Blocked By Senate Democrats<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BARCELONA, SPAIN \u2013 FEBRUARY 26: A logo sits illuminated outside the Microsoft booth on day 2 of the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2019 on February 26, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274923,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}