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32TB of Windows 10 Internal Builds, Core Source Code Leak Online (theregister.co.uk)

Posted by BeauHD on from the treasure-hunt dept.

According to an exclusive report via The Register, "a massive trove of Microsoft's internal Windows operating system builds and chunks of its core source code have leaked online." From the report: The data -- some 32TB of installation images and software blueprints that compress down to 8TB -- were uploaded to betaarchive.com, the latest load of files provided just earlier this week. It is believed the data has been exfiltrated from Microsoft's in-house systems since around March. The leaked code is Microsoft's Shared Source Kit: according to people who have seen its contents, it includes the source to the base Windows 10 hardware drivers plus Redmond's PnP code, its USB and Wi-Fi stacks, its storage drivers, and ARM-specific OneCore kernel code. Anyone who has this information can scour it for security vulnerabilities, which could be exploited to hack Windows systems worldwide. The code runs at the heart of the operating system, at some of its most trusted levels. In addition to this, hundreds of top-secret builds of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, none of which have been released to the public, have been leaked along with copies of officially released versions.

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  1. I know it was you Comey. Horrible. Horrible. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really very, very horrible. Really horrible. Very very not good at all, let me tell you. Leakers on any media, horrible. Don't watch that video.

  2. Re:Slashdot Reader Logic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    A) Plenty of muslims would disagree that you aren't born Muslim... you know, the sorts that would like to kill you.
    B) Plenty of Muslims would disagree with the idea that you can just choose to leave... you know, the sorts that would like to kill you, and those who try to leave.
    C) 'Muslim' isn't a race. Is a rabid atheist who hates religion racists for wanting to punish Christians?

  3. Re:32 TB? by haruchai · · Score: 5, Funny

    How much is it if you skip all the #ifdef BUGS sections?

    That compiles down to 640k, just enough for everybody

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  4. Waste by Air-conditioned+cowh · · Score: 3, Funny

    What a horrific waste of valuable hard drive space.

  5. Re: 32TB? by cyber-vandal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Better not use Linux or FreeBSD. I hear they let anyone look at the source.