Microsoft reportedly to offer some security tools free after China hack
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After Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) disclosed that China-based hackers illegally accessed the email accounts of roughly 25 organizations, including several government agencies, the tech giant is reportedly offering some cybersecurity tools for free.
The tools that Microsoft (MSFT) is offering for free will be used to spot cyberattacks and come after it was criticized that its email system was infiltrated, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Officials at the State Department and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo were among the victims of the attack. However, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in an interview earlier this month the hack was detected "fairly rapidly" and further breaches were prevented.
Microsoft (MSFT) vice president of security Vasu Jakkal told The Journal that the company will make 31 security tools available for free to licensees of its lower-cost cloud services. Microsoft will also boost the length of duration for security logs to 180 days, up from 90, Jakkal added.
The hack was attributed to a group known as Storm-0558, which illegally forged authentication tokens to access user email from an acquired Microsoft account consumer signing key. The activity started on May 15 and continued.
China has denied any wrongdoing.