Microsoft has announced it has acquired Miburo, a cyber threat analysis and research company specialising in the detection of and response to foreign information operations.
The tech giant said the acquisition of Miburo will help it boost its threat intelligence research into new foreign cyber threats.
New York-based Miburo, led by founder Clint Watts, will become part of the Customer Security and Trust organisation.
“With the acquisition of Miburo, we will continue our mission to take action, and to partner with others in the public and private sectors to find long-term solutions that will stop foreign adversaries from threatening public and private sector customers and, in fact, the very foundations of our democracy,” said Tom Burt, corporate VP of customer security and trust at Microsoft.
By working in close collaboration with the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center, our Miburo analysts will enable Microsoft to “expand its threat detection and analysis capabilities to address new cyber-attacks and shed light on the ways in which foreign actors use information operations in conjunction with other cyber-attacks to achieve their objectives”.
The financial term of the deal were not disclosed.
