Microsoft has issued a warning about a Iranian state sponsored hacking group called Phosphorous, that has employing mass targeting of high profile email accounts. It reported by Microsoft that their purpose is very well to gain access to sensitive information held by big businesses and/or government agencies.
It is also reported that this same group has been operating as far back as 2013, but their motive since than hasn't changed.
Microsoft has encouraged all users to enable two factor authentication in their emails, as well as other accounts elsewhere.
Original article can be found here.
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---Mad-Architect
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