"The Dutch police knew about gaps in their cybersecurity before a Russian cyber group stole a large amount of police data in September 2024, according to research by Follow the Money. The hackers used vulnerabilities that the police had been warned about. The hackers gained access through an employee's email account and stole the contact details of almost all 65,000 police officers in the Netherlands."
"Documents obtained by FTM through the Open Government Act revealed that an internal risk analysis from November 2022 raised concerns about the implementation and security of Microsoft's "M365 cloud." The police have been using this service for several years for chat and meeting programs like Teams. The risk analysis warns that the cloud entails "inherent" risks, and "state actors" in particular would be "very interested in gaining access to the cloud environment.""
Dutch police cybersecurity contained known gaps identified before a September 2024 breach by a Russian cyber group. Hackers exploited vulnerabilities previously warned about and accessed an employee's email account. The attackers stole contact details of almost all 65,000 police officers, along with profile photos and personal data, prompting major unrest. An internal November 2022 risk analysis expressed concerns about implementation and security of Microsoft's M365 cloud used for Teams and chat. The analysis warned that the cloud entails inherent risks and that state actors would be very interested in gaining access to the cloud environment.
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