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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: zoolooo on 18 March 2003, 20:13

Title: US Military use MS - sleep well
Post by: zoolooo on 18 March 2003, 20:13

We're all going to die horribly and it's all Microsoft's fault.

Military computer running Win2000 attack (http://www.msnbc.com/news/886524.asp?0cv=TA01&cp1=1)

"March 17 ? A computer intruder armed with a secret, particularly effective attack tool recently took control of an Army Web server, MSNBC.com has learned. Both Microsoft and the CERT Coordination Center released hastily-prepared warnings about the vulnerability that led to the attack on Monday. But it was a disturbingly successful attack, experts say, because the intruder found and exploited a flaw that took security researchers completely by surprise."

...completely by surprise???? Er... it MS where is the surprise in that?

Sleep well.

zooloo

Title: US Military use MS - sleep well
Post by: slave on 18 March 2003, 22:46

Why does the US govt. even waste money on windoze?  M$ must have some ties with them or something.

Title: US Military use MS - sleep well
Post by: devlkore on 18 March 2003, 23:57

I thought M$ handed all kinds of money to the government.

No country should only use software by one company, it needs to be a mix, so they can maintain a level of independence.
M$ could put loads of backdoors in their software and be syphoning info from the government.

LA!

We live in a shit world, unfortunately, at least I have my MiNiDiSC player!

Title: US Military use MS - sleep well
Post by: avello500 on 19 March 2003, 00:35

im too disgusted to rant. maybe next time.

Title: US Military use MS - sleep well
Post by: madscientist on 31 March 2003, 05:02

Oh.  So that explains who our so-called "precision bombs" keep killing civilians?

Title: US Military use MS - sleep well
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 31 March 2003, 07:09

Well when you're launching that many precision bombs into a city you're bound to kill some civilians.

Title: US Military use MS - sleep well
Post by: avello500 on 31 March 2003, 09:44

they were probably just checking to see what porn the military boys were looking at.