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Why would they? The immediate concern is whether or not the exploits are still a risk, not determining the origin. Any future use of them is likely to be groups
by stordoff 10y ago
Why would they? The immediate concern is whether or not the exploits are still a risk, not determining the origin. Any future use of them is likely to be groups other than NSA at this point anyway.
If/when Microsoft do call out the NSA, I imagine it'll a) be filtered through their press/PR teams and b) be after they've had time to verify the source (it seem overwhelmingly likely to be NSA-originated, but I'd guess MS will do their own investigation and not just take it at face value).
- toyg 10y agoMS will never "call out" anybody, in particular nobody in the US government - one of the few entities on the planet who can make Redmond lives materially harder. MS and authorities have a long history of peaceful collaboration and there is no reason to believe this state of things will change anytime soon.