Hewlett Packard enterprise reported on Wednesday that alleged state-backed Russian hackers have attacked its cloud-based email system and stolen security and employees' data.
In a Security and Exchange filing, the IT product provider noted that the attack occurred on January 12.
They suspect that Russia's foreign intelligence service 'Cozy Bear' was behind the attack.
HP's spokesperson, Adam R. Bauer, was contacted through his email he did not make it clear who exactly informed HPE of the breach.
SharePoint is part of Microsoft's 365 suite, formerly known as Office, which includes email, word-processing and spreadsheet apps.
He did not specify where the affected employee, whose accounts the hackers had access to, belonged in the company's hierarchy.
As per the report, HPE has ascertained that the intrusion has not had any significant effect on the company's financial stability or operations.
Both announcements coincide with the implementation one month ago of a new rule by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requiring publicly traded corporations to report security breaches that may hurt their operations.
Unless they are granted a national security waiver, they have four days to comply with this.
This Cyber News was published on www.cysecurity.news. Publication date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 16:13:05 +0000