This post was originally published by Juan Lugo.
Tech giant, Microsoft, failed to uphold the most common security requirement – password protection, for a database that contained personal information on more than 250 million customers. The database is said to have customer information dating back to 14 years, in some cases. Microsoft has been in the news a lot lately and not for the right reasons. There is a current zero-day threat that has yet to be addressed, which is concerning considering that the organization has allotted $1billion towards cybersecurity.
Read more here:https://www.bitglass.com/blog/bitglass-security-spotlight-mega-breach-exposes-more-than-250-million
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