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Microsoft lost its keys, and the government got hacked

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Re: Microsoft lost its keys, and the government got hacked

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Re: Microsoft lost its keys, and the government got hacked

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36690598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36692494 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36693121 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36693469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36694188 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36696413 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36696852 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36697272 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36699844 https:…

Perhaps preceding your list of related links you could state that the following is a list of (recent?) related HN submissions.

Re: Microsoft lost its keys, and the government got hacked

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36690598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36692494 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36693121 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36693469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36694188 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36696413 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36696852 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36697272 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36699844 https:…

Perhaps preceding your list of related links you could state that the following is a list of (recent?) related HN submissions.

I'll consider it.

Re: Microsoft lost its keys, and the government got hacked

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36690598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36692494 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36693121 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36693469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36694188 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36696413 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36696852 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36697272 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36699844 https:…

How did you even get all those so fast?

Re: Microsoft lost its keys, and the government got hacked

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post #5

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36690598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36692494 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36693121 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36693469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36694188 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36696413 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36696852 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36697272 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36699844 https:…

How did you even get all those so fast?

Search box, typed in Microsoft and scrolled through a week's worth of submissions.

Re: Microsoft lost its keys, and the government got hacked

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Seems like they are assuming the same key was used to forge tokens and jump from that assumption to the conclusion that they found all instances of requests. If more keys were used to generate more tokens, isn’t it possible this attack had a much wider surface area?
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