Like anything in life. Nothing is 100% fool-proof. People miss things. What’s scary is when it’s your companies data, and it’s open to millions and millions of potential bad actors.
Microsoft Security Shocker As 250 Million Customer Records Exposed Online
A database containing 250 million Microsoft customer records has been found unsecured and online
A new report reveals that 250 million Microsoft customer records, spanning 14 years, have been exposed online without password protection.
Microsoft has been in the news for, mostly, the wrong reasons recently. There is the Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability that Microsoft hasn’t issued a patch for, despite it being actively exploited. That came just days after the U.S. Government issued a critical Windows 10 update now alert concerning the “extraordinarily serious” curveball crypto vulnerability. Now a newly published report, has revealed that 250 million Microsoft customer records, spanning an incredible 14 years in all, have been exposed online in a database with no password protection.
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