Microsoft: China stole secret key unlocking US govt email from crash debug dump

- China stole a secret key from Microsoft that unlocked US government email accounts. The key was obtained from a software crash dump that should have been redacted.

-:Microsoft has made changes to prevent similar incidents in the future.

- The key was used to break into Uncle Sam's Outlook web mail accounts.

- Microsoft maintains a highly isolated and restricted production environment to protect sensitive information. Controls include background checks, dedicated accounts, secure access workstations, and multi-factor authentication.

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