Microsoft chose profit over security and left US government vulnerable to Russian hack, whistleblower says
Former employee says software giant dismissed his warnings about a critical flaw because it feared losing government business. Russian hackers later used the weakness to breach the National Nuclear Security Administration, a
https://www.osnews.com/story/139954/microsoft-chose-profit-over-security-and-left-us-government-vulnerable-to-russian-hack-whistleblower-says/
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