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Microsoft Consults Ethical Hackers at Blue Hat

Posted by samzenpus on from the dare-you-to-break-it dept.

linumax writes "For the second year in a row, Microsoft Corp. invited a small number of hackers onto its Redmond, Wash., campus to crack the company's products for all to see.Blue Hat V2 was held on Thursday and Friday and teamed noted "white hat" hackers with Microsoft employees to break into and expose security weaknesses in the company's products. Over 1,000 Microsoft developers, managers and security experts attended, including Microsoft brass Jim Allchin and Kevin Johnson, co-presidents of the company's Platforms, Products & Services Division."

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  1. Marketting move? by elfguygmail.com · · Score: 4, Informative

    Why do I feel this is nothing more than a marketting move to show MS in a brighter light. After all, they are releasing a new Windows, Office, etc next year...