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Microsoft website fighting US surveillance has been hacked

Monday 22 June 2015 10:06 CET | News

Microsoft’s website, dedicated to fighting the US government on matters of policy and surveillance, has been hacked.

The website, which appears to be running an older version of WordPress, was displaying spam links to casino-related pages.

The website, which was launched in mid-2013 months after the Edward Snowden revelations were first published, soon became a platform for Microsoft’s corporate views on government surveillance and a new case dedicated to fighting an international search warrant.

Based on the kind of content injected into the site, it does not appear to be a cyberattack claimed by any particular group or hacker.


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