Microsoft ya sanar da cewa sashinta na laifuffuka na dijital (DCU) sun kwace gidajen yanar gizo na kungiyar masu satar bayanai ta NICKEL. A cewar kungiyar, kungiyar masu satar bayanai ta yi asarar wani muhimmin makami. Za a yi amfani da gidajen yanar gizon don kai hari ga ƙungiyoyin duniya.
Kasuwancin NICKEL daga China. Kungiyar masu satar bayanai dai na bin tsarin tsaro na Microsoft ne tun a shekarar 2016. Yanzu haka babbar kamfanin fasahar ta sanar da cewa ta kwace shafukan intanet na NICKEL. Wata kotun tarayya ta Amurka ta ba da izinin doka kan shirin.
Microsoft ya bayyana cewa NICKEL ya fi mayar da hankali ne kan satar bayanai daga gwamnatoci, masu tsara manufofi da kungiyoyin kare hakkin dan adam. Hare-haren da ake kaiwa hukumomin gwamnati da jami'an diflomasiyya ya sanya a gaba tun daga shekarar 2019. Ba a taba gano mutanen da ke cikin kungiyar masu satar bayanai ko kama su ba. Don haka ba za a iya tantance dalilan NICKEL da tabbaci ba. Microsoft na iya tuhuma kawai - kuma ya ce ƙungiyar ta fita kan leƙen asiri.
Vice versa
Har ila yau, kwarin gwiwar Microsoft na bin ƙungiyar masu satar bayanan ba a kafa su ba. Koyaya, gaskiyar cewa hanyoyin NICKEL ana shigar da su cikin fasahar tsaro na Microsoft yana ba da haske.
Katafaren fasahar ya bayyana cewa NICKEL ya fi kai hari ta hanyar amfani da tsofaffin na'urori. Aikace-aikace a cikin tsoffin wuraren Microsoft Exchange da SharePoint ƙungiyar masu kutse a baya sun yi amfani da su. NICKEL sannan ta rarraba malware da infostealers don kiyaye damar shiga tsarin da karkatar da bayanai.
A cikin gidan yanar gizon fasaha (a ƙarƙashin taken 'Shawarar Tsaro'), Microsoft ya bayyana abin da masu amfani za su iya yi don kare kansu daga hanyoyin NICKEL. An shigar da wasu hanyoyin sa hannun NICKEL cikin Microsoft 365 Defender don a kore su ta atomatik daga can.