I-Microsoft imemezela ukuthi i-Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) ishaqe amawebhusayithi eqembu lokugebenga i-NICKEL. Ngokusho kwenhlangano, iqembu labagebengu lilahlekelwa isikhali esibalulekile. Amawebhusayithi azosetshenziselwa ukuhlasela izinhlangano zomhlaba.
I-NICKEL ihweba evela e-China. Iqembu labagebengu lilandelwe igatsha lezokuphepha le-Microsoft kusukela ngo-2016. Manje isiqhwaga sezobuchwepheshe sesimemezele ukuthi sesishaqe amawebhusayithi e-NICKEL. Inkantolo yombuso yaseMelika yanikeza imvume engokomthetho kulesi sinyathelo.
I-Microsoft ithi i-NICKEL igxile kakhulu ekwebiweni kolwazi kohulumeni, abenzi bezinqubomgomo nezinhlangano zamalungelo abantu. Ukuhlaselwa kwama-ejensi kahulumeni kanye namanxusa sekubeke ithoni kusukela ngo-2019. Abantu beqembu labagebengu abakaze balandelwe noma baboshwe. Ngakho-ke izisusa zika-NICKEL azikwazi ukunqunywa ngokuqiniseka. I-Microsoft ingasola kuphela - futhi ithi iqembu liyinhloli.
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Futhi, isisusa se-Microsoft sokulandela iqembu lokugebenga asimisiwe etsheni. Kodwa-ke, iqiniso lokuthi izindlela ze-NICKEL zifakwa kubuchwepheshe bezokuphepha be-Microsoft linikeza isu.
Umdondoshiya wezobuchwepheshe uthi i-NICKEL ihlasela kakhulu ngokusebenzisa kabi amasistimu aphelelwe yisikhathi. Izinhlelo zokusebenza ezisendaweni yakudala ye-Microsoft Exchange kanye ne-SharePoint bezike zasetshenziswa iqembu lokugebenga. U-NICKEL wabe esesabalalisa uhlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha kanye nama-infostealers ukuze agcine ukufinyelela kumasistimu futhi ahlukanise idatha.
Encwadini yebhulogi yezobuchwepheshe (ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi 'Ukuzivikela Okunconyiwe'), i-Microsoft ichaza lokho abasebenzisi abangakwenza ukuze bazivikele ezindleleni ze-NICKEL. Ezinye zezindlela zokusayina ze-NICKEL zifakwe ku-Microsoft 365 Defender ukuze zixoshwe ngokuzenzakalelayo lapho.