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Microsoft says Russian hackers breached its systems, accessed source code (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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Microsoft reported a breach by Russian group 'Midnight Blizzard,' which accessed internal systems and source code using stolen authentication secrets from a January cyberattack. The unauthorized access was facilitated by a compromised non-production test account lacking multi-factor authentication and linked to an OAuth app with elevated privileges. Microsoft is contacting affected customers and has ramped up security measures to counter the persistent threat.

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[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 74 points 8 months ago

I love the closed source model, where only blackhats get to see the source code that whitehats never had the chance to report bugs on!

[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 45 points 8 months ago

it keeps the bug count down 😏

[-] WbrJr@lemmy.ml 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's also better code, obviously. Less people to push bad code. Why else is Linux so niche if it's so great and open source?

Edit: Lol /s is apparently needed. Thought it was obvious :D

[-] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago

Microsoft does share source code of both client and server versions of Windows with 3rd parties. At some point it was shared also with FSB.

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