Microsoft reveals that hackers had access to some Outlook email accounts: Report

San Francisco: Microsoft has alerted some of its mail users of possible hacker attacks that could access their email accounts illegally, media reports said.

In an email notification to some affected users on Saturday, Microsoft said it became aware of an issue involving unauthorised access to some customers’ web-based email accounts by cybercriminals.

“We have identified that a Microsoft support agent’s credentials were compromised, enabling individuals outside Microsoft to access information within your Microsoft email account “between January 1 and March 28,” Xinhua quoted Microsoft as saying in the email.