Windows Flaw Allowed Hackers To Spy On NATO, Ukraine, Others

An anonymous reader writes: Reuters reports that a cybersecurity firm has found evidence that a bug in Microsoft's Windows operating system has allowed hackers located in Russia to spy on computers used by NATO, Ukraine, the European Union, and others for the past five years. Before disclosing the flaw, the firm alerted Microsoft, who plans to roll out a fix on Tuesday. "While technical indicators do not indicate whether the hackers have ties to the Russian government, Hulquist said he believed they were supported by a nation state because they were engaging in espionage, not cyber crime. For example, in December 2013, NATO was targeted with a malicious document on European diplomacy. Several regional governments in the Ukraine and an academic working on Russian issues in the United States were sent tainted emails that claimed to contain a list of pro-Russian extremist activities, according to iSight."

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Anyone using Windows deserves it

[Boaz17]

If one uses Windows he deserves what he gets!

- Hours, days, weeks of waisted time in Installations configurations and updates.
- Bad style, and ugliness
- Slowness and retarded technology
- Limited devices and architecture support
- Limited functionality.
- Waisted money and time on security breeches and lost data
- All one's files hijack by hackers, passwords stolen. credit cards withdrawal
- Bad Karma ... Insert your bad experience here.

Don't come complaining to me I told you so

Re:Hilarious

[Noryungi]

Hmmm... NSA_KEY anyone?

Sure, sure, it's just a conspiracy theory BUT... Isn't it surprising (for instance) that Apple and Google both announced full-phone encryption recently, while Microsoft announced exactly... Nothing?

Oh, and one other thing: companies do not exist in a vacuum and have to respect the laws of the different jurisdictions they operate in. Microsoft has been condemned by the US Government in the past for anti-competitive behaviour. Think about this for a second.