Security News > 2021 > February > Microsoft: SolarWinds hackers downloaded some Azure, Exchange source code
Microsoft announced today that the SolarWinds hackers gained access to source code for a limited number of Azure, Intune, and Exchange components.
After internal investigations of their use of the SolarWinds platform, Microsoft announced in December that they were affected by the attack and that hackers could gain access to a limited amount of source code repositories.
Today, Microsoft has released the final update into their investigation and determined that the hackers could only access a few files for most repositories.
For some repositories, including ones for Azure, Intune, and Exchange, the attackers could download component source code.
For a small number of repositories, there was additional access, including in some cases, downloading component source code.
Microsoft states that they have a strict development policy that prohibits storing secrets in source code and use automated tools to verify this compliance.
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