Cybersecurity

Microsoft Says Hacking Group Targeted Windows, Adobe Flash

  • Group known as Strontium usually targets government agencies
  • Microsoft plans to release Windows security fix on Nov. 8
Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
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Microsoft Corp. said a computer-hacking group that has previously targeted government agencies attacked its Windows software and Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash program.

The company will release a security patch for its operating system on Nov. 8, Windows chief Terry Myerson said Tuesday in a blog post on Microsoft’s website. Users of Microsoft’s Edge browser on the latest update to Windows 10 are protected from the flaw, the company said.