Microsoft server hack has victims hustling to stop intruders


Cybersecurity analysts trying to pull together a complete picture of the hack said their analyses concur with the figure of 30,000 US victims published Friday by Krebs. — AP

BOSTON: Victims of a massive global hack of Microsoft email server software – estimated in the tens of thousands by cybersecurity responders – hustled Monday to shore up infected systems and try to diminish chances that intruders might steal data or hobble their networks.

The White House has called the hack an “active threat” and said senior national security officials were addressing it.

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