by Culled from the Melbourne Age:
Microsoft has been repeatedly castigated for woeful levels of security on its
products, and Friday's * did not come as a great
surprise within
the industry.
The break-in was the latest in a string of security breaches
of Microsoft
products and networks that the company has tackled, often
only after
hackers have pointed out the loopholes.
The Lovebug and Melissa viruses were able to wreak such
destruction,
costing corporate e-mail systems tens of billions of dollars,
only because
Microsoft repeatedly ignored criticisms of security
vulnerabilities in its
software.
A similar complacency led to the company being forced to
close its Hotmail
e-mail service last year after a security breach allowed
anyone to read
subscribers' personal messages.
Still need a 56-year old kid to rub your nose in it, James?