What do you mean "developed"? Are you suggesting @NSAGov *created* this vulnerability? I didn't see that in the blog.
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3m followers means you have to write for a general audience, not techs. Bottom line: NSA found vuln, wrote exploit, concealed til post-leak.
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Not to mention that software vulnerabilities are just bugs. You can fix a bug that may close the door to who exploit unintentionally.
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I tend to classify exploits into 4 categories; operator error, genuine bug, design flaw, and insane crypto that was someone's phd thesis.
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The NSA didn't create the vulnerability. Microsoft did. Real responsibility is on NHS and others who didn't upgrade from XP.
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NSA stockpiled and weaponized it.
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stockpiling?? (civilian/near-luddite here)
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NSA does a lot of work to find vulnerabilities and then develop software to deploy them against their targets. That software was leaked last
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Who needs enemies when you have the NSA
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Even more extraordinary Microsoft knew about this dreadful flaw ages ago but sat on their hands unless you'd paid for extended warranty.
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For free!? Whoever said that Windows is open source!? It isn't free. Maintainence costs are included with the purchase.
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Maintenance costs for a fixed period are included with the price. Not forever.
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True, that's why Windows xp had it's maintainence and support discontinued. Nobody contends that.
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It's spelt its by the way
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The apostrophe is omitted for convenience. I've spealt it correctly.
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"Its" is is the possessive form, "it's" is the contraction of "it is"
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