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Microsoft Copilot Customers Discover It Can Let Them Read HR Documents, CEO Emails


According to Business Insider (paywalled), Microsoft's Copilot tool inadvertently let customers access sensitive information, such as CEO emails and HR documents. Now, Microsoft is working to fix the situation, deploying new tools and a guide to address the privacy concerns. The story was highlighte...

According to Business Insider(paywalled), Microsoft's Copilot tool inadvertently let customers access sensitive information, such as CEO emails and HR documents. From the report: These updates are designed "to identify and mitigate oversharing and ongoing governance concerns," the company said in a blueprint for Microsoft's 365 productivity software suite. As a result, some customers have deployed Copilot only to discover that it can let employees read an executive's inbox or access sensitive HR documents.

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