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Microsoft left a server containing employee credentials exposed to the internet for a month | Admins waited 28 days before securing the server with a password

Researchers at SOCRadar discovered the breach on February 6 and immediately informed Microsoft. The server contained company data, including credentials for logging into other internal databases and...

Firewall Times lists 21 instances since 2010 in which the company or its products have been responsible for internal or third-party security breaches. As for external threats, Microsoft is a huge target, so it's no wonder attackers are constantly picking away at the company's products and services. Most recently, the US Cyber Safety Review Board lambasted Redmond over a "preventable" Exchange Online hack by Chinese state-sponsored hackers.

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