Google-owned cybersecurity company Wiz says ‘dangerous’ flaw in Microsoft cloud’s flagship database service may have allowed hacking of thousands of its customers

Google-owned cybersecurity firm Wiz has disclosed that it spotted a major vulnerability in Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure that could have allowed hackers to remotely compromise thousands of corporate customers using Azure CosmosDB, one of Microsoft’s flagship database services. Microsoft has fully patched the issue, stating that an internal investigation found no evidence that any customer data was accessed or compromised by malicious actors.

Wiz finds critical vulnerability in a cloud pillar