[CS-FSLUG] NI: Microsoft asks for help from hackers

[Fred A. Miller]

"REDMOND, Wash.--The random chatter of several hundred Microsoft engineers 
filled the cavernous executive briefing center recently at the company's 
sprawling campus outside Seattle.

Within minutes after their meeting was convened, however, the hall became 
hushed. Hackers had successfully lured a Windows laptop onto a malicious 
wireless network. 

"It was just silent," said Stephen Toulouse, a program manager in Microsoft's 
security unit. "You couldn't hear anybody breathe."

The demo was part of an extraordinary two days in which outsiders were invited 
into the heart of the Windows empire for the express purpose of exploiting 
flaws in Microsoft computing systems. The event, which Microsoft has not 
publicized, was dubbed "Blue Hat"--a reference to the widely known "Black 
Hat" security conference, tweaked to reflect Microsoft's corporate color."

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