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“Normally, these kinds of emails are supposed to get caught by spam filters, but because they’re being sent via an official Microsoft address, they’ve managed to get through the eye of the needle. It’s not entirely clear how these hackers managed to send the extortion emails as of this writing, but according to BleepingComputer, the incident is currently being investigated by Microsoft.”

So… again, after the fact, Microsoft investigates. Does MS do ANY testing?

pcworld.com/article/2524078/ha

Also, I don’t think this writer understands what “eye of the needle” allegory means—it’s not that one CAN’T get through the “eye of the needle” (a tricky passage through a rock formation) it’s that it is difficult.

Microsoft shows it’s not even that difficult.

@feloneouscat Watch this video.. will explain some things.. AI is picking up the best.. and also the worst.. of human intention.youtu.be/KPBqFQKtqP0

@feloneouscat Did you know that youtube has a transcript of all of its videos for reading? TIP: go to the description, scroll way down until you see the TRANSCRPT button.. click on it, and read what is being said as you play the video.. works for me.

@JazzCrafter

Yes, and it’s not very good.

But thanks for the heads up.

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