Russian hackers keep trying to infiltrate Microsoft, the company revealed in a blog post. These hacks follow a similar incident from November of last year, in which state-sponsored agents obtained the emails of Microsoft�s senior level managers. An internal investigation led by Microsoft identified the hackers in both instances as a Russian group called Midnight Blizzard.

It looks like Midnight Blizzard has gotten bolder in its approach. Last year�s attack seemed to prioritize the collection of email addresses, but this most recent attack finds the group repeatedly attempting to breach the company�s systems and gain access to source code. Microsoft has filed an incident report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

We don�t know exactly what these hackers want, but Microsoft said they are likely using email addresses acquired during November�s attack to help gain access to internal systems. Midnight Blizzard �may be using the information it has obtained to accumulate a picture of areas towhich led to a breach of government networks. attack and enhance its ability to do so,� the company wrote. I know one thing. They had better leave Clippy alone.

Midnight Blizzard is believed to work directly for Russia�s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and is said to operate at the behest of Vladimir Putin. The group is likely behind 2016�s hack of the Democratic National Committee and 2020�s hack of the software company SolarWinds, which led to a breach of government networks.