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ylai@lemmy.ml to cybersecurity@infosec.pub · 1 year ago

Whistleblower Says Microsoft Dismissed Warnings About a Security Flaw That Russians Later Used to Hack U.S. Government

www.propublica.org

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Whistleblower Says Microsoft Dismissed Warnings About a Security Flaw That Russians Later Used to Hack U.S. Government

www.propublica.org

ylai@lemmy.ml to cybersecurity@infosec.pub · 1 year ago
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Former employee says software giant dismissed his warnings about a critical flaw because it feared losing government business. Russian hackers later used the weakness to breach the National Nuclear Security Administration, among others.
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    Almost as if it were planned…

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