WannaCry outbreak reveals why governments shouldn't hoard vulnerabilities | #CyberSecurity #Responsibility | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it
From www.grahamcluley.com - May 15, 2017 3:14 PM
Microsoft says the outbreak of WannaCry ransomware on 12 May reveals why governments shouldn't stockpile software vulnerabilities.

Microsoft's president and chief legal officer Brad Smith thinks governments' hoarding of flaws is a "problem."

These bugs might be valuable to the CIA and NSA, government agencies which can and do exploit flaws to advance the national security interests of the United States government.

But bad guys invariably find and leak these security holes, which places ordinary users at risk of attackers using exploit code to target unpatched systems.

 

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