Microsoft Tells Texas Agencies They Were Exposed in Russian Hack

Microsoft Corp. has told more than a dozen state agencies and public universities in Texas that Russian state-sponsored hackers accessed emails between them and the software giant.

The attackers were able to gain access to the communications through a breach of Microsoft, disclosed in January, in which they stole emails from some of the company’s executives. The agencies that Microsoft warned of exposure in the attack include the Texas Department of Transportation, Texas Workforce Commission, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Texas General Land Office and the Texas State Securities Board, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to discuss it.