Inside Microsoft's Digital Guardians: How MSTIC Hunts Nation-State Hackers

Inside Microsoft's Digital Guardians: How MSTIC Hunts Nation-State Hackers

Microsoft’s Elite Cybersecurity Unit: The Secret Guardians of Digital Frontiers In the shadowy realm of cybersecurity, a secretive team of digital detectives at Microsoft has been quietly waging war against some of the world’s most sophisticated hackers. Known as the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center, or MSTIC (pronounced “mystic”), this elite unit has emerged as a formidable force in global cybersecurity, according to a revealing feature by …

A look at Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center, staffed largely by ex-intelligence and military personnel, which has become a key pillar of US cyber defense

Bloomberg: A look at Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center, staffed largely by ex-intelligence and military personnel, which has become a key pillar of US cyber defense  —  Over the past decade, the software company has become a pillar of US cyber defenses — a position that could become more complicated under Trump.