Microsoft Leaks 38TB of Internal Data After AI Team Uploads Unprotected Files

Microsoft AI team accidentally leaked 38TB of private company data
Data included backups of 2 employees' computers with sensitive info like passwords
Also included over 30,000 internal Microsoft Teams messages from 350+ employees
Happened when AI team uploaded training data with link to access Azure storage
Link gave full access instead of limited access to specific files
Data may have been exposed since 2020 before issue was reported and fixed
Microsoft claims no customer data was exposed and no services put at risk

mashable.com

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Microsoft Exposes 38TB of Sensitive Employee Data on Misconfigured Azure Server

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