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MS To Share Early Flaw Data With Governments
Trailrunner7 writes "Microsoft today announced plans to share pre-patch details on software vulnerabilities with governments around the world under a new program aimed at securing critical infrastructure and government assets from hacker attacks. The program, codenamed Omega, features a 'Defensive Information Sharing Program' that will offer government entities at the national level technical information on vulnerabilities that are being updated in their products." There's a stream the bad guys would dearly love to tap into.
Is this so the government can more easily infiltrate vulnerable systems or so it can protect itself if it's using MS products?
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> There's a stream the bad guys would dearly love to tap into.
RTFA. They already said they are sending it to governments.
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And giving the information to which governments will guarantee the "bad guys" don't get it? Does no one recognize that all these entities play for keeps and telling them about a vulnerability before anyone else is like throwing a bloodied sheep into a tank full of sharks? The sharks may get scratched up a bit, but they're used to it; the sheep will just get slaughtered.
What do you mean they cut the power? How can they cut the power, man? They're animals!