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Hackers Safe from Microsoft
Posted by Ren Bucholz on Monday, March 24 @ 22:59:46 EST Computer Crime
For now, at least. In a scandal over false claims and truth in advertising, our favorite monopolists have decided to pull an ad that:
"depicts a dodo, a woolly mammoth and a sabre-toothed tiger and suggests that, because Microsoft software is so secure, hackers could soon join their ranks."
Hackers around the world thank their lucky stars and Microsoft's gaping security holes for this respite.
 
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