Microsoft blasted for shoddy security

BOSTON, Massachusetts: In a scathing indictment of Microsoft corporate security and transparency, a Biden administration-appointed review board issued a report on Tuesday saying “a cascade of errors” by the tech giant let state-backed Chinese cyber operators break into email accounts of senior US officials including Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

The Cyber Safety Review Board, created in 2021 by executive order, describes shoddy cybersecurity practices, a lax corporate culture and a lack of sincerity about the company’s knowledge of the targeted breach, which affected multiple US agencies that deal with China.