Message-ID: <669c53b2@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: Wonderful Windows Zaps Banks/Transport/Media after "Update" Yesterday Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <-7CcndX6lpSstAb7nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@earthlink.com> User-Agent: tin/2.0.1-20111224 ("Achenvoir") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 21 Jul 2024 10:17:55 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 36 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:57079 Harold Stevens wrote: > In Message-ID: <-7CcndX6lpSstAb7nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@earthlink.com> 26yh.0712: > > [Snip...] > >> Bill Gates learned early on to keep his pols WELL greased. > > Quoting ProPublica: > > A full, public accounting of what happened in the Solar Winds case would > have been devastating to Microsoft. ProPublica recently revealed that > Microsoft had long known about -- but refused to address -- a flaw used > in the hack. The tech company's failure to act reflected a corporate > culture that prioritized profit over security and left the U.S. government > vulnerable, a whistleblower said. > > Please excuse any snits slrn had about this reference URL: > > https://www.propublica.org/article/cyber-safety-board-never-investigated-solarwinds-breach-microsoft That was very interesting. Although following the link to the article about the whistleblower who quit Microsoft, guess who hired them next? ""The decisions are not based on what's best for Microsoft's customers but on what's best for Microsoft," said Harris, who now works for CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company that competes with Microsoft." ... https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-solarwinds-golden-saml-data-breach-russian-hackers So it indeed seems like you can't really rely on any company in this market. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#