Microsoft confirms that Russian hackers viewed its source code

[Bradley Prior]

Microsoft confirms that Russian hackers viewed its source code

Microsoft Corp. said the suspected Russian hackers behind the stunning breach of numerous U.S. government agencies also accessed the company’s internal source code, although no customer data or services were compromised. [Bloomberg]

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Stunning is the new massive

 

[RedViking]

I heard after they saw it their minds rebooted into an endless loop.

 

[Vorastra]

Amazing how Russian hackers are able to just magically get into everything, but no one else can.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Amazing how Russian hackers are able to just magically get into everything, but no one else can.

Ja. They even elected a president

 

[Vorastra]

Ja. They even elected a president

Amazing how that works. We need whatever these hackers are sniffing.

 

[chrisc]

Not that difficult
If you select the right person and offer him enough money, doors open
There is always someone who can be compromised
Russia has been using this trick for 80+ years

 

[Pythonista]

I cannot imagine anything more boring than reading Microsoft source code. It would almost as bad as using their products.

 

[gregmcc]

If they can find a critical zero day vulnerability from their code, its worth a small fortune on the black market.

 

[JohnStarr]

...nothing good comes out of Russia. Ask Team Haas at the end of their season how that went for them.

 

[randomcat]

Maybe they were tired of all the flaws and were trying to fix it

 

[Swa]

Poor hackers. What's seen can't be unseen.

 

[Wut]

...nothing good comes out of Russia. Ask Team Haas at the end of their season how that went for them.

You've obviously never dated a Russian chick...

 

[Polymathic]

Expect Putin to announce the Russian's very own OS "Okna" instead of shipping with Solitaire it ships with Tetris

 

[Realmrbean]

Looks like Russiagate conspiracy theories will never end.