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Microsoft to notify users of government spying after Chinese Hotmail hack goes public

Discussion in 'Microsoft News' started by Rich McCormick, Dec 31, 2015.

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    Microsoft will now tell users of its email services when their accounts are being attacked by government hackers. The change in policy comes as Reuters reported that the company chose not to tell thousands of Hotmail users that their email accounts had been hacked by Chinese government officials.

    Security experts for the company reportedly found evidence in 2011 of attacks on Hotmail accounts used by Japanese and African diplomats, human rights lawyers, and Tibetan and Uighur leaders, but rather than inform them of the covert activity, Microsoft elected to ask affected users simply to change their passwords.

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