#Microsoft Chose Profit Over Security and Left U.S. #Government Vulnerable to Russian Hack, Whistleblower Says
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Former employee says software giant dismissed his concerns about a critical flaw because it feared losing government business.
#Russian hackers later used the weakness to breach the National #Nuclear Security Administration, among others.
#News #Tech #Cybersecurity #SolarWinds #Security #Business
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-solarwinds-golden-saml-data-breach-russian-hackers
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