Word Vulnerability Compromised US State Dept.

hf256 writes "Apparently hackers using an undisclosed (at the time) vulnerability compromised the State Departments network using a Word document sent as an email attachment. Investigators found multiple instances of infection, informed Microsoft, then had to sever internet connectivity to avoid leaking too much data!"

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Re:Great news for open formats

[dodobh]

This is the US State Department. They don't need to save stuff in MS Word format, given that they are a bigger monopoly than Microsoft.