Lapsus$ hackers leaked Microsoft’s Bing and Cortana source code. How bad is that, really?
is the latest to mount a high-profile data-stealing rampage against major tech companies. And among other things, the group is known for grabbing and leaking source code at every opportunity, including from Samsung, Qualcomm, and Nvidia. At the end of March, alongside revelations that they had, the hackers also dropped a trove of data containing portions of the source code for Microsoft's Bing, Bing Maps, and its Cortana virtual assistant.
In other words, when attackers gain access to source code—and especially when they leak it for all to see—a company's intellectual property could be exposed in the process, and attackers may be able to spot vulnerabilities in their systems more quickly. But source code alone isn't a road map to find exploitable bugs. Attackers can't take over Cortana from Microsoft or access users' accounts simply because they have some of the source code for the platform.
, have often lurked undiscovered for years or even decades, similar to inconspicuous typos that aren't caught by an author, editor, or copyeditor.its Lapsus$ breach on March 22 and said in a statement that “Microsoft does not rely on the secrecy of code as a security measure and viewing source code does not lead to elevation of risk.”
Brett Callow, a threat analyst at the antivirus company Emsisoft, also points out that attackers have a clear interest in making source code leaks sound as damaging as possible, regardless of the reality for a particular organization.
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