Posts by sfcfsbcn

Re: "a password spray attack to compromise a legacy non-production test tenant account"

We are to believe that the hackers went from a legacy test system to accessing the email accounts of top executives and security employees at Microsoft, plus also accessing customer accounts - check the HPE news. Somebody needs to explain how is that possible? Did the test system have a direct connection and trust relationship with the production system? Did the hackers gain SysAdmin access to the test system through a password spray attack? That is like a bank leaving the door of an office unlocked overnight, without security, and then also leaving a pile of cash in a plastic bag under a desk. It is more than carelessness; it would look like either supreme stupidity or an inside job... Never underestimate the amount of stupidity in the world, though.

Re: It is hilarious

Capitalism is a great system, but this blind faith you have in the private initiative is beyond absurd. The reason why Taiwan has today the most advanced microchip FABs in the world is because the Taiwanese Government decided many years ago that it would be a national priority. That included lots of government funding in many different areas.

The reason why China will most probably lead (or be one of the leaders in) microchip design and manufacturing in the next 5-10 years is because of its Government focusing on it as a national initiative. That includes funding many different areas, from industrial espionage to education, and obviously subsidies to any company that tries to compete in that area.

To become a technology leader you need a lot of money. The US has great universities (that receive lots of Gov. funding, btw) and that helps us with the knowledge leadership, but the manufacturing process is also extremely complex and you cannot learn it on a whiteboard. You learn to make things by trying to make them. And that is very expensive and risky for the private initiative.

I do not know if Intel will succeed, I do not know if the funding from the CHIPS program will help the US regain the manufacturing knowledge and experience to be a leader in the area, but I am pretty sure that w/o government funding it will not happen.

Re: Even then

100% agree. They could have been shot by police. Either they are completely stupid or there is something more to this story.