"Earlier this year, Russia’s foreign intelligence service stole internal emails and data on individuals from the UK government. The news was first reported by Recorded Future News, which obtained an official description of the incident report.

The description of the report was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, it revealed that the incident follows an attack carried out by a nation-state actor on a supplier of the department’s corporate systems, and linked the security breach to Microsoft’s January announcement.

In January, Microsoft warned that some of its corporate email accounts were compromised by a Russia-linked cyberespionage group known as Midnight Blizzard. The company notified law enforcement and relevant regulatory authorities.

Microsoft also announced that the Russia-linked APT Midnight Blizzard that hit the company in late November 2023 has been targeting organizations worldwide as part of a large-scale cyberespionage campaign…"