Thousands of Windows users targeted by nation state attacks, says Microsoft

Nicholas Fearn
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The majority of the attacks originate from Iran, North Korea and Russia, and took place in the past year

Almost 10,000 Microsoft customers have been targeted or compromised in nation-state cyber attacks, according to new research from the software giant. The company claims that 84 per cent of these...

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