NSA found a dangerous MS software flaw and alerted the firm

washingtonpost.com

23 pointslladnar4 comments

Affects Win10, but not my dusty Win7 box... hmmm

Who would have guessed that adding code to something would also add bugs?

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/01/cryptic-rumblings-ahead-...

"This component was introduced into Windows more than 20 years ago — back in Windows NT 4.0. Consequently, all versions of Windows are likely affected (including Windows XP, which is no longer being supported with patches from Microsoft)"

You're not safe.

They alerted them after using it for 20 years to spy on us? \s

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