Government Advisory Board Blames Microsoft’s ‘Culture’ for Chinese Hacks

‘The board also concludes that Microsoft’s security culture was inadequate and requires an overhaul,’ it stated.

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A review board established by President Joe Biden is blaming Microsoft’s company culture for a hack that compromised the emails of more than 500 people, including the secretary of commerce.

China-based hackers were able to steal the data because of “the cascade of Microsoft’s avoidable errors,” the Cyber Safety Review Board, which was created and appointed by President Biden in 2021, said in a new report.