Nikkei discloses breaches of employees’ Microsoft, Google email accounts

What happened

Over the weekend, Japanese publishing giant Nikkei disclosed that unknown attackers recently breached two employee email accounts and used one to send thousands of phishing (messages that impersonate someone to obtain passwords or money) emails. Microsoft is a software and software development company based in Redmond, founded in 1975. Google is an Internet and software company based in Mountain View, founded in 1998.