Microsoft Outlook Email Breach Targeted Cryptocurrency Users

Earlier this month, we learned that Microsoft's email services were compromised. Multiple victims now say that hackers stole their cryptocurrency. From a report: Now, multiple victims have come forward to flag what they believe may be one of the motivating reasons behind the breach: emptying peoples' cryptocurrency accounts. 'The hackers also had access to my inbox allowing them to password reset my Kraken [dot] com account and withdrawal [sic] my Bitcoin,' Jevon Ritmeester, a Microsoft user that the company alerted to the data breach, told Motherboard in an email, referring to popular cryptocurrency exchange Kraken. For verification purposes, Ritmeester provided Motherboard with the breach notification emails he received from Microsoft, as well as a screenshot showing what he said was an email forwarding rule the hackers set up: anytime an email mentioned the term 'Kraken,' his account would automatically forward it to a Gmail address presumably controlled by the hackers. It appears Ritmeester isn't the only person who hackers stole cryptocurrency from due to the Microsoft breach.

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