Microsoft mirrors rivals, pledges to warn customers of state-backed hacks after leaving users in the dark
Microsoft this week announced that it, too, would alert users when they are beset by state-sponsored cyber attacks, following the lead of Google, Facebook and, most recently, Yahoo.
"We will now notify you if we believe your account has been targeted or compromised by an individual or group working on behalf of a nation state," said Scott Charney, the Microsoft executive who runs the firm's Trustworthy Computing group, in a post to a company blog Wednesday.
According to Reuters, Microsoft put the new policy in place after the news service asked for comment about former Microsoft employees' claims that the company had not warned Hotmail users in years past of state-backed attacks that hijacked their accounts.
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