Microsoft Data Breach 2024 News. Microsoft says hackers accessed some of its corporate email accounts last year. On january 12, 2024, microsoft discovered that the russian hackers breached its systems in november 2023 and stole email from their leadership, cybersecurity, and legal teams.

An elite hacking group sponsored by russian intelligence gained access to the emails of some of microsoft’s senior executives beginning in late november, the. The software maker has now started to explain how russian hackers spied on its executives.