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Scathing federal report rips Microsoft security in response to Chinese hack (apnews.com)
16 points by viewtransform 58 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



> The panel said the intrusion, discovered in June by the State Department and dating to May “was preventable and should never have occurred,” blaming its success on “a cascade of avoidable errors.” What’s more, the board said, Microsoft still doesn’t know how the hackers got in

> It concluded that “Microsoft’s security culture was inadequate and requires an overhaul” given the company’s ubiquity and critical role in the global technology ecosystem.

I think i've seen this before, at the time of Sasser, Codered etc.




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