Microsoft and Pentagon probe 1TB Defence Department email leak

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Microsoft and Pentagon probe 1TB Defence Department email leak

The US Defence Department and Microsoft Corp. are investigating an error that exposed at least a terabyte of military emails including personal information and conversations between officials, people familiar with the matter said, an episode that highlighted the security risk of moving sensitive Pentagon data to the cloud.

The Pentagon’s Cyber Command has taken the lead on the investigation with Microsoft, which operates the Azure cloud-computing service that stored the data.

[Bloomberg]

 

[SubtleBeast]

Microsoft was dealt a blow last month after Congress rejected the Army’s request for $400 million to buy as many as 6,900 of Microsoft’s combat goggles, which were found to cause headaches, eyestrain and nausea.

Probably all that blue light from all those BSOD's