Windows Vulnerable to Government Hacks, They Say

Posted by Candles123 on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:43PM
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Re:Windows Vulnerable to Government Hacks, They Say by Candles123 on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:43PM (#14548922)

Curious about this.

What does Microsoft mean that Windows is currently partic vulnerable to 'government organizations' and anybody posing as same?

Does that mean that govt organizations have special access right now?

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Re:Windows Vulnerable to Government Hacks, They Say by mtgx on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:59PM (#14549026)

I wonder if it has anything to do with this recent report from Microsoft on the Platinum group (using Intel AMT):

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Re:Windows Vulnerable to Government Hacks, They Say by brian_herman on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:52PM (#14548988)

What makes other operating systems better? The government has millions of dollars devoted to finding exploits in operating systems.

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Re:Windows Vulnerable to Government Hacks, They Say by metalliqaz on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:53PM (#14548990)

Misleading headline. These vulns have now been patched.

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Re:Windows Vulnerable to Government Hacks, They Say by Candles123 on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:57PM (#14549014)

The wannaCry ones were. This is a new thing this week.

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