Microsoft to notify email users if their accounts might have been targeted by governments

Microsoft has announced that if would notify its users if it believes that their Microsoft Accounts (including Outlook.com email and OneDrive) have been targeted or compromised by an individual or group working on behalf of a national state. The company says that it is taking this step because “it is likely that a state-sponsored attack could be more sophisticated or more sustained than attacks from cybercriminals and others”.