• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    Maybe a cyber-mafia infiltrated MS to grab some user data? Stuff like

    • setting itself to autostart
    • hijacking the keyboard to make copies & screenshots
    • encoding it in base64 (to avoid detection)
    • using WebSocket (to work around proxy blocking)

    sounds pretty much like from a malware playbook. At least not an accident.

      • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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        16 hours ago

        I mean, sure. But there are large, dotzens of million $ heavy professional cybercrime gangs out there. Cyber-gang woul’ve probably been better.

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          7 hours ago

          Totally agree.

          I was just emphasizing the difference between mafia and Microsoft is one have gang members and the other is army of lawyers.

    • KatherinaReichelt@feddit.orgOP
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      22 hours ago

      Yeah, that really does not look good. Something like that should never have been released in that state and that is a serious problem with processes.