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SolarWinds Hackers Accessed Microsoft Source Code, Microsoft Says

Reuters

   The hacking group behind the SolarWinds compromise was able to break
   into Microsoft Corp. and access some of its source code, Microsoft said
   Thursday.

   In a blog post, Microsoft said its investigation into the SolarWinds
   breach had turned up irregularities with a "small number of internal
   accounts" and that one of the accounts "had been used to view source
   code in a number of source code repositories." It added that the
   account had no ability to modify the code.

   The disclosure adds to the growing picture of the compromises
   associated with the SolarWinds hack, which used the Texas-based
   company's flagship network monitoring software as a springboard to
   break into sensitive U.S. government networks and other tech companies.
   Microsoft had disclosed that, like other firms, it found malicious
   versions of SolarWinds' software inside its network, but the source
   code disclosure is new.

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