Cyberattack hits US businesses

• Published date: 19 December 2020
• Date: 19 December 2020
• Publication title: Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)

Brad Smith, Microsoft's chief legal counsel, said the company had uncovered 40 customers, including government agencies, think tanks, NGOs and IT companies, that were "targeted more precisely and compromised" after the hackers had gained initial access earlier this year.

Some 80 per cent were in the US, including, it is feared, agencies responsible for the US nuclear weapons stockpile. But the...