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Microsoft Exchange Hafnium hack, how to identify when it occurred and how to resolve
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I ran the MS security tool and windows defender and have confirmed that my organization was affected.
The file was cleaned, but I'm sure there are now back doors. I have installed the MS security update, so we won't be hacked again, but I have two questions that probably everybody else has:
1. how can I tell on what date the hack occurred, and how can I identify that, the steps?
2. what can I do to clean the servers of any back doors? I do have backups, so is the best way to build a new server, install the newest exchange CU, with the security update and then try to restore exchange from backup? I'm just worried I will miss something and it will also restore any affected files or "back doors"?
Any suggestions, thoughts, best course of action going forward?
The file was cleaned, but I'm sure there are now back doors. I have installed the MS security update, so we won't be hacked again, but I have two questions that probably everybody else has:
1. how can I tell on what date the hack occurred, and how can I identify that, the steps?
2. what can I do to clean the servers of any back doors? I do have backups, so is the best way to build a new server, install the newest exchange CU, with the security update and then try to restore exchange from backup? I'm just worried I will miss something and it will also restore any affected files or "back doors"?
Any suggestions, thoughts, best course of action going forward?
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