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Microsoft Urges US to ‘Copy’ Australia’s Big Tech Media Law

February 14, 2021
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Microsoft is calling on the United States to adopt Australia’s media payment law. In a blogpost, Microsoft President Brad Smith wrote that Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code “deserves serious consideration” and that the United States should not object to the law, but “copy it instead.” Smith indicated that Microsoft would support similar proposals in the…

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Microsoft Backs Australian Plan to Make Google Pay for News

February 3, 2021
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Microsoft said on Wednesday it supports Australia’s plans to make the biggest digital platforms pay for news and would help small businesses transfer their advertising to Bing if Google quits the country. Microsoft has been positioning itself to increase market share for its search engine Bing after a Google executive told…

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Microsoft Says It Was Hacked in SolarWinds Cyberattack

December 31, 2020
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Microsoft confirmed that hackers behind a widespread attack on SolarWinds—used by federal government agencies—also breached its systems. The hackers were able to access internal Microsoft systems and viewed source code used to create software products, the Redmond, Washington-based firm said on Thursday. “We detected unusual activity with a small number of internal accounts and upon…

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Another Hacking Group Allegedly Involved in Cyberattack That Affected Federal Government: Microsoft

December 22, 2020
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Another hacking group was involved in a cyberattack that targeted SolarWinds software, which was used by a number of federal government agencies, said Microsoft in an update. An investigation revealed “an additional malware that also affects the SolarWinds Orion product but has been determined to be likely unrelated to this compromise,” said Microsoft on Dec….

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