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The hack involved the creation of counterfeit tokens, essentially electronic indicators that provide an assurance to Microsoft or Google about the identity of t
by flowerlad 6y ago
The hack involved the creation of counterfeit tokens, essentially electronic indicators that provide an assurance to Microsoft or Google about the identity of the computer system its email systems are talking to. By using a flaw that is extraordinarily difficult to detect, the hackers were able to trick the system and gain access.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/us/politics/russian-hackers-us-government-treasury-commerce.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/us/politics/russian-hacke...
- resfirestar 6y agoThat could refer to anything from an OAuth consent attack (not much more sophisticated and arguably easier than phishing a password but much less likely to be detected because most companies don't know they should be looking for it) to actual exploits against Azure AD or a third-party authentication provider. If the latter, I hope that Microsoft/FireEye decide at some point decide to be transparent about what was possible and how they're going to prevent it from happening again. I have enough doubts about AAD's ability to generate enough forensically useful logs as it is.