The US government has a Microsoft problem
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This week, WIRED Start looks into Microsoft’s major cybersecurity failures over the past few years, and how experts believe they have gotten a free pass due to the US government’s reliance on its systems.
When Microsoft revealed in January that foreign government hackers had once again breached its systems, the news prompted another round of recriminations about the security posture of the world’s largest tech company.
Despite the angst among policymakers, security experts, and competitors, Microsoft faced no consequences for its latest embarrassing failure. The United States government kept buying and using Microsoft products, and senior officials refused to publicly rebuke the tech giant. It was another reminder of how insulated Microsoft has become from virtually any government accountability, even as the Biden administration vows to make powerful tech firms take more responsibility for America’s cyberdefense.
That state of affairs is unlikely to change even in the wake of a new report by the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), a group of government and industry experts, which lambasts Microsoft for failing to prevent one of the worst hacking incidents in the company’s recent history. The report says Microsoft’s “security culture was inadequate and requires an overhaul.”
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CEO/founder Nu Clear Technologies LLC
8moSubplatform vulnerabilities are in every single device with communication abilities. Plan B safeframe isnt meant to be exploited.... but it is.
Non-Trifling Self-Aggrandizer
8moI don't think it's time for rebukes and recriminations, it's time for a little more involvement. Obviously, some lines can't be legally crossed without some structural changes, but it's time to apply some pressure about priorities.