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Microsoft Flaw Exposes as Many as 60,000 Computer Systems in Germany
Mar 11 2021 // BERLIN – As many as 60,000 computer systems in Germany were exposed to a flaw that allows unauthorized users to access systems in Microsoft Corp.’s email software, the head of its cyber-security watchdog said on...
China’s Microsoft Hack, Russia’s SolarWinds Attack Threaten to Overwhelm U.S.
Mar 10 2021 // China’s global attack on Microsoft’s popular email software revealed last week and an equally sprawling Russian attack discovered three months ago have created a two-front war that threatens to overwhelm...
White House Warns of Hack of Microsoft’s Outlook Email Program
Mar 8 2021 // The White House on Sunday urged computer network operators to take further steps to gauge whether their systems were targeted amid a hack of Microsoft Corp.’s Outlook email program, saying a recent software patch...
Hacks of Microsoft Outlook Email Program Continue Despite Patch
Mar 7 2021 // More than 20,000 U.S. organizations have been compromised through a back door installed via recently patched flaws in Microsoft Corp.’s email software, a person familiar with the U.S. government’s response said...
Senator Says Microsoft Failed to Fix Cloud Software Issue Used by SolarWinds Hackers
Feb 26 2021 // Microsoft Corp.’s failure to fix known problems with its cloud software facilitated the massive SolarWinds hack that compromised at least nine federal government agencies, according to security experts and the office...
Microsoft Exec Calls SolarWinds Hack ‘Largest, Most Sophisticated Attack’ Ever
Feb 16 2021 // A hacking campaign that used a U.S. tech company as a springboard to compromise a raft of U.S. government agencies is “the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen,” Microsoft Corp....
Intel Suing Oregon Engineer Who Joined Microsoft Over Trade Secrets
Feb 10 2021 // Intel is suing a former Oregon employee, alleging he took trade secrets when he left for Microsoft and used the information to gain an advantage in later business negotiations with Intel. Engineer Varun Gupta worked at...
Microsoft Says Labor Department Is Questioning Its Effort to Boost Diversity
Oct 8 2020 // Microsoft says the U.S. Labor Department is scrutinizing its efforts to boost Black employment and leadership at the tech company. Microsoft disclosed in a blog post Tuesday that it received a letter from the agency last...
Russia-Backed Hackers Behind Most Nation-State Cyber Attacks: Microsoft
Oct 2 2020 // Russia-based hackers are responsible for the majority of nation-state attacks on Microsoft customers, according to new data from company. Microsoft Corp. has issued 13,000 alerts about nation-state hacking attempts to its...
European Union Court Invalidates Special Data Privacy Shield Granted U.S. Firms
Jul 16 2020 // LUXEMBOURG – Europe’s highest court ruled on Thursday that a transatlantic data transfer deal is invalid because of concerns about U.S. surveillance in a decision that could disrupt thousands of companies that...
Swiss Re Launches Digital Market Center Supported by Microsoft Data Analytics, AI Tools
Mar 12 2020 // Swiss Re has formed a strategic alliance with Microsoft Corp., which is providing digital tools to support Swiss Re’s new Digital Market Center. The Digital Market Center is designed to help develop next-generation,...
AXA XL, Slice Labs, Microsoft to Offer Cyber Risk Management Tools
Dec 23 2019 // AXA XL, the p&c and Specialty Risk Division of global insurer AXA, Slice Labs Inc. (Slice), an on-demand insurer of cloud technology, and Microsoft will work together to help improve cyber health and mitigate risks for...
Microsoft Puts Israeli Facial Recognition Startup Under Ethics Microscope
Nov 18 2019 // Microsoft Corp. has hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether the use of facial recognition technology developed by an Israeli startup it funded complies with its ethics principles, the company...
Allianz Forms Partnership with Microsoft, Aiming to Transform Insurance Processes
Nov 14 2019 // Allianz SE and Microsoft Corp. announced a strategic partnership focused on digitally transforming the insurance industry, making the insurance process easier while creating a better experience for insurance companies and...
Microsoft Vows to Honor California’s Consumer Privacy Law Countrywide
Nov 11 2019 // Microsoft Corp. said in a blog post on Monday that it would honor California’s privacy law throughout the United States, expanding the impact of a strict set of rules meant to protect consumers and their...
Microsoft Women Face Skeptical Appeals Court over Unequal-Pay Case
Nov 5 2019 // Women engineers who claim Microsoft Corp. discriminates against them for pay and promotions faced tough questions from a federal appeals court weighing whether their ground-breaking lawsuit should become a class...
Microsoft Tools Ease Access to Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence for Businesses
May 3 2019 // Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced new tools for software makers aimed at making technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain easier for businesses to use. Microsoft released the tools ahead of its...
Microsoft Insurer Loses Bid To Recoup $175M from Xbox Chipmaker Hit by Fire
Apr 4 2019 // Microsoft Corp.’s captive insurer has lost its bid to recover $175 million in costs the software maker said it incurred in 2013 to replace memory chips that a manufacturer failed to deliver because of a fire at the...
Microsoft Exec Says It’s Time to Revisit Big Tech’s Responsibility for Its Content
Mar 25 2019 // Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith has called for a broad effort by the technology sector to do more to halt posting and accessing of violent materials like the videos of killings from the recent terrorist attacks in New...
Microsoft’s Home State’s Facial Recognition Privacy Bill Could Be Model for Others
Feb 8 2019 // Two months after calling for laws to regulate facial-recognition software, Microsoft Corp. is lobbying on behalf of a first-of-its-kind bill in its home state of Washington. The question is whether cross-town rival...
