Microsoft Blasted for Cascade of Errors Allowing Hack of US Officials' Emails
• Scathing report blasts Microsoft for poor security that enabled Chinese hackers to breach email accounts of US officials • "Cascade of errors" and inadequate culture led to intrusion that was "preventable and should never have occurred" • Hackers accessed emails for at least 6 weeks, downloading 60,000 from State Department • Microsoft failed to update misleading public statements about the breach for 6 months • Report calls for Microsoft CEO and board to institute "rapid cultural change" to improve security across all products