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"The OS maker said the hackers did not make any changes to the repositories they accessed because the compromised accounts only had permission to view the code but not alter it." MS is play down how much control the hackers had. From darknet articles, there is more info post of how much they did. Plus all the backdoors they found which MS bake into the Windows 10. Now they have everything they need to get into all Windows 10 computers without any interaction of user. Beware using MS Windows 10. It is now not safe to use.

"It's almost as if the designers, architects and research engineers were subconsciously making sure there'd be a need for designers, architects and engineers"

Actually, from long observation, I think it's just another case of Dunning Kruger - they haven't a clue that they haven't a clue. The entirety of IT is not yet an engineering discipline. It seems that software development in particular is mostly conducted without any discipline at all.

Yes that is true

Hi Antonie, TxDOT is not the first state transport agency which is hit by ransomware, previously, Colorado department of transportation was hit by SamSam ransomware, is that true?