Tuesday, March 22nd 2022
Microsoft Also Falls Victim to Hacking Group LAPSUS$
The hacking group LAPSUS$ responsible for the recent NVIDIA and Samsung compromises has now allegedly breached Microsoft systems gaining access to the source code for Bing and Cortana. The group temporarily published a screenshot of what looked to be an internal Microsoft developer account with access to folders labeled "Bing_UX", "Bing-Source", and "Cortana" in addition to various other sections. The group had previously posted a message seeking to recruit employees at Microsoft, Apple, and IBM to get remote access to companies systems. Microsoft has confirmed in a statement to Motherboard that they "are aware of the claims and are investigating".
Update Mar 23rd: The hackers have now published a 9 GB torrent file which includes data from over 250 Microsoft projects including 90% of the source code for Bing, and approximately 45% of the source code for Bing Maps and Cortana according to security researchers speaking with BleepingComputer.
Sources:
Motherboard, BleepingComputer, Microsoft
Update Mar 23rd: The hackers have now published a 9 GB torrent file which includes data from over 250 Microsoft projects including 90% of the source code for Bing, and approximately 45% of the source code for Bing Maps and Cortana according to security researchers speaking with BleepingComputer.
45 Comments on Microsoft Also Falls Victim to Hacking Group LAPSUS$
I have it removed at home but there are work deployments where not having edge breaks all kinds of things from 2FA to MS admin consoles for Azure integration, management etc. UWP apps that are either based on or actively integrated into Azure/Sharepoint/O365 throw hissyfits on the regular.
I've personally tried to create a work-viable "no-cortana, no-edge" deployment and people keep finding problems with it that are too much of a PITA to workaround.
Lip stick on a pig.
Well ms I'm sure gets cheaper talent from many countries not just far east but money talks and is a easy motivator for bad guys of course covert plants aren't out of the question either.
I remember a USA senators driver was one so yeah ms having a few isn't unheard of :laugh:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_household_debt
Yeah lock downs didn't help anyone get out of prior debt.
I'll just leave this here.
www.finder.com.au/australias-personal-debt-reported-as-highest-in-the-world
Not surprising
But then again maybe you think ms employs the planet :laugh:
I get it — you don’t think Covid is real, the only reason Americans have economic strife is lockdowns, foreigners with bachelor’s degrees seeking tech jobs are inherently criminals, Bill Gates is engaged in a globalist conspiracy to bring communism and pedophilia to the world — just use complete sentences to express your thoughts and we’ll understand!Or they could find a disgruntled American…
Also it’s H-1B guys… know your enemy lol.
If you're looking at disgruntled workers, maybe consider those home grown folks who resent foreign placements. That's far more logical.
As I stated, it's not usable. People need the Windows Store for UWP business apps that are actively developed and cannot be sideloaded in a working way.
I don't need that shit at home, so I've removed Edge, but if you work on Microsoft's cloud for whatever contractual obligations you're tied to, you literally cannot remove Edge otherwise you can't work. Azure, Office365, UWP, Sharepoint - all of these things either stop working or lose enough functionality that any benefits from de-Edging the machine are outweighed by the new problems.
Right,….???
Zinggggggggg,……..