Microsoft negligence and SolarWinds

Originally written on June 14, 2024

Why should people be overly concerned about the XZ Utilities compromise, when Microsoft's negligence was a major factor in the SolarWinds security compromise?

An article from ProPublica details how Microsoft values profit over morality.

Forget about the _NSAKEY situation or even the PRISM program.

If Microsoft is complicit in SolarWinds as a personal computer OS company, then all bets are off the table on the most stringent security models for depending on your OS creator to keep you safe.