Cozy Bear (aka Midnight Blizzard, aka APT29) has been busy hacking and spying on big tech companies: both Microsoft and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have recently disclosed successful attack campaigns by the Russia-affiliated APT group.
The Microsoft breach
Last Friday, Microsoft revealed that a threat-actor identified as Midnight Blizzard – a hacking group believed to be associated with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) – has breached their corporate systems on January 12, 2024.
