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The US Government Has a Microsoft Problem (www.wired.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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Microsoft has stumbled through a series of major cybersecurity failures over the past few years. Experts say the US government’s reliance on its systems means the company continues to get a free pass.

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[–] cron@feddit.de 26 points 2 years ago

Not only the US government...

[–] CCF_100@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago

Those darn people at Microsoft, screwing up the US government again...

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

While some in my office use various FOSS apps everything ultimately has to be shunted into Word documents, Excel files and Powerpoints, presented on Teams, uploaded to the Sharepoint and OneDrive.