Microsoft president grovels before Congress, takes responsibility for a 'cascade' of cybersecurity errors

Congress is currently holding Microsoft's feet to the metaphorical as it gives the company a thorough toasting for what a government report has called a"cascade" of"avoidable errors". The net result of Microsoft's mess up is that Chinese hackers breached the tech giant's network last year, allowing access to the email accounts of senior US officials including the Secretary of Commerce.

Exactly what"taking responsibility" means in this context is unclear. It's perhaps too much to hope Microsoft will refund its fees or resign from future contracts. That kind of thing would be to truly take responsibility. That followed outcry from security experts that the Recall feature, which among other actions takes screenshots of basically everything a PC user does every few seconds, would provide a treasure trove for anyone who had gained access to a PC for nefarious means.

Microsoft says it still intends to roll out Recall to all Copilot+ PC users"soon", but has not put a date on that rather ominous eventuality.

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