Microsoft Admits To Being Hacked Too

colinneagle writes "Once upon a time, Microsoft claimed that falling prey to social engineering tactics and then being hacked was a 'rookie mistake.' But now is the time for companies to jump on the bandwagon, to admit they were targeted by cyberattacks and successfully infiltrated. The stage is so crowded with 'giants' at this point, that there are fewer 'bad press' repercussions than if only one major company had admitted to being breached. Microsoft now admitted, hey we were hacked too. 'As reported by Facebook and Apple, Microsoft can confirm that we also recently experienced a similar security intrusion,' wrote Matt Thomlinson, General Manager of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Security. Unlike the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal there was no mention of Chinese hackers."

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Re:It was Macs at Microsoft

[ThomasBHardy]

"During our investigation, we found a small number of computers, including some in our Mac business unit, that were infected by malicious software using techniques similar to those documented by other organizations."

Let's disect this, shall we?
"A small number of computers" of OS type undisclosed, therefore it included Windows machines or else MS would have specifically called out the faults of others to safe face and made it clear that none were running it's flagship operating system.

"including some in our Mac business unit" of OS type undisclosed, therefore it included Windows machines or else they would have called out OSX by name.

For all we know there were 78 machines compromised (a small number compared to the number of machines at all of Microsoft, and of those only 2 were in the Mac business unit. the statement reads as true but deflects the maximum amount of blame away by implying that it's a Mac issue. .