Microsoft stole our stolen dark web data, says security outfit
Microsoft stands accused by cyber intelligence firm Hold Security of violating an agreement between the pair by misusing Hold's database of more than 360 million sets of credentials culled from the dark web.
"The purpose of the parties' agreements … was for Microsoft to match the received stolen credentials with their own customers' account credentials… in order to alert these customers of the compromised information," Hold's lawyers said inData that didn't match Microsoft accounts was not to be used, and data linked to accounts was to be deleted after individuals were notified and the issue was resolved.
It's unclear how Microsoft used the stolen credentials to create ADFS; we've asked Hold's legal team for more details but haven't heard back. The lawsuit further accuses Microsoft of"commandeering" historical data, which it then made available to third parties through its Edge browser. How that data was made accessible isn't clear in the lawsuit – we asked Hold's lawyers about that too.
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