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Many Hackers Accidentally Send Their Code To Microsoft

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-the-brightest-cookie-in-the-shed dept.

joshgnosis writes "When hackers crash Windows in the course of developing malware, they'll often accidentally agree to send the virus code straight to Microsoft, according to senior security architect Rocky Heckman. 'It's amazing how much stuff we get.' Heckman also said Microsoft was a common target for people testing their attacks. 'The first thing [script kiddies] do is fire off all these attacks at Microsoft.com. On average we get attacked between 7000 and 9000 times per second.'"

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  1. Very confusing article by microbee · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The article is talking about two things: developing virus (and sending crashdump to Microsoft) and attacking Microsoft.com. These are not the same thing.

    And a crashdump containing virus does not mean it's the hacker that sent it. It could well be the victim. So while the speaker wants to say something entertaining, I wonder how truthful it actually is.