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Hackers aren’t the only ones taking advantage of the recent flaws in Microsoft Exchange Server Google is, too.
On Friday, Google bashed Microsoft over the vulnerabilities in a blog post that s ostensibly about funding journalism. “Microsoft was warned about the vulnerabilities in their system, knew they were being exploited, and are now doing damage control while their customers scramble to pick up the pieces from what has been dubbed the Great Email Robbery,” wrote Kent Walker, Google’s senior vice president of global affairs.
Apparently, Walker took offense to Microsoft’s recent attempts to portray Google as an internet giant sucking funding away from media outlets. Last month, Microsoft President Brad Smith said it’s time the US require both Google and Facebook to pay media outlets to link to their news articles, citing the threat of misinformation overtaking fact-based reporting.
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