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In major gaffe, hacked Microsoft test account was assigned admin privileges — How does a legacy test account grant access to read every Office 365 account? (arstechnica.com)

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In major gaffe, hacked Microsoft test account was assigned admin privileges — How does a legacy test account grant access to read every Office 365 account?::undefined

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[-] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

How? Easy: a result of lazy programing. Like every other MS vulnerability.

esit: Just remember, this is a company that designed a remote desktop protocol for their OS in a way that it could be exploited to remotely log in and take over control. You'd think, this was the exact type of threat that it should've been tested against.

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