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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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[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 38 points 8 months ago

I know this isn't what this is, but I dream of the day that someone gets hold of the source code for Windows 10/11 and just dumps it onto the internet, and then some other enterprising soul uses it to make a version of Windows that runs all the apps but has all the Microsoft bullshit removed.

I'm sure it'll never happen, but it's nice to think about.

[-] nbailey@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago

Someday, years from now, we will finally have Windows 10 Gold Edition.

https://archive.org/details/GoldWindowsXPSP32016Drivers

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Haha I had no idea that existed!

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