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Microsoft issues warning for ongoing Russia-affiliated spear-phishing campaign

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Microsoft has issued a warning about an ongoing spear-phishing campaign by a threat actor called Midnight Blizzard .

The bad actor has been sending "highly targeted" emails since at least October 22 .

US and UK authorities previously linked the group to Russia 's intelligence agency.

Microsoft believes the operation's goal is to collect intelligence.

The group has already sent out thousands of emails to 100 organizations for this campaign.