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Microsoft's global sprawl under fire from regulators after Windows outage
Regulators and lawmakers said the sprawling outage that knocked out Microsoft’s Windows across the globe shows the danger of a single company’s dominance
The pervasiveness of Microsoft’s software in government IT systems reentered the spotlight earlier this year, after major hacks exposed federal officials’ emails, prompting lawmakers on Capitol Hill to haul in the company’s president, Brad Smith, to testify. Khan rose to the helm of the FTC with tough rhetoric about dismantling the power of tech giants, and under her leadership the agency brought an antitrust case against Amazon and challenged mergers in the sector, including Microsoft’s purchase of Activision. “Now we’re living with regular reminders of the consequences of prioritizing ‘efficiency,’ where an errant update shuts off the global economy for a day, or a hack stops millions of Americans from filling their prescriptions for weeks,” said an FTC official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the agency’s sensitive work, which includes inquiries involving Microsoft.
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