Microsoft yalengeza kuti Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) yalanda mawebusayiti a gulu lachinyengo la NICKEL. Malinga ndi bungwe, gulu lobera litaya chida chofunikira. Mawebusayitiwa angagwiritsidwe ntchito kuukira mabungwe apadziko lonse lapansi.
NICKEL amagulitsa ku China. Gulu lobera latsatiridwa ndi nthambi ya chitetezo cha Microsoft kuyambira 2016. Tsopano chimphona chaukadaulo chalengeza kuti chalanda mawebusayiti a NICKEL. Khoti lamilandu la ku United States linapereka chilolezo chalamulo pa nkhaniyi.
Microsoft imati NICKEL imayang'ana kwambiri kuba zidziwitso zaboma, opanga mfundo ndi mabungwe omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe. Kuwukira kwa mabungwe aboma ndi akazembe akhazikitsa njira kuyambira 2019. Anthu omwe ali m'gulu lobera sanapezekepo kapena kumangidwa. Zolinga za NICKEL sizingadziwike motsimikiza. Microsoft ikhoza kungokayikira - ndipo akuti gululi likuchita ukazitape.
Komanso mbali inayi
Komanso, kulimbikitsa kwa Microsoft kutsatira gulu lobera sikunakhazikitsidwe mwala. Komabe, mfundo yoti njira za NICKEL zikuphatikizidwa muukadaulo wachitetezo cha Microsoft zimapereka chidziwitso.
Katswiri wamkulu waukadaulo akuti NICKEL imawukira kwambiri pogwiritsa ntchito makina akale. Mapulogalamu m'malo achikale a Microsoft Exchange ndi SharePoint adagwiritsidwa ntchito kale ndi gulu lobera. NICKEL ndiye adagawa pulogalamu yaumbanda ndi infostealers kuti asunge mwayi wamakina ndikusintha deta.
Muzolemba zamabulogu zaukadaulo (pamutu wakuti 'Zotetezedwa Zovomerezeka'), Microsoft ikufotokoza zomwe ogwiritsa ntchito angachite kuti adziteteze kunjira za NICKEL. Njira zina za siginecha za NICKEL zaphatikizidwa mu Microsoft 365 Defender kuti zichotsedwe pomwepo.