Security News > 2021 > October > Microsoft now defends nonprofits against nation-state attacks
Microsoft announced today a new security program for nonprofits to provide them with protection against nation-state attacks that have been increasingly targeting them in recent years.
The company launched the program in response to the booming cybercrime industry impacting all industry sectors worldwide and nonprofits in particular because of their vulnerability stemming from the lack of adequate resources to build a suitable defense.
Once they're breached, nonprofits would usually provide attackers with access to information belonging to volunteers, donors, and other participants in their programs.
"Microsoft's 2021 Digital Defense Report confirms that in the past year, cybercrime has grown in scale and sophistication, leveraging crises to take advantage of at-risk targets," said Microsoft VP of Tech for Social Impact Justin Spelhaug.
"The report highlights that, in the past year, NGOs and think tanks were the second most targeted sector by cybercriminals, accounting for 31% of all notifications of nation-state attacks against organizational domains as detected by Microsoft."
Enrolled organizations will be alerted whenever their Microsoft 365 accounts or the staff and board members' Outlook and Hotmail personal accounts are targeted or compromised by state-backed hackers.
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