Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently addressed a security lapse where internal company files and credentials were exposed to the internet.
What Happened: Security researchers from SOCRadar, including Can Yoleri, Murat Özfidan, and Egemen Koçhisarli, discovered an open Azure storage server hosting internal data related to Microsoft's Bing search engine.
The server, according to Techcrunch, contained crucial information (i.e., passwords, keys, and credentials), but lacked password protection, making it accessible to anyone online.
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