06-24-2017, 05:47 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-24-2017, 08:43 AM by SteelCrysis.)
https://www.neowin.net/news/internal-bui...-32tb-leak
Quote:In what may prove to be a massive cybersecurity hazard in the long run, a large amount of internal Microsoft data about Windows 10 has been leaked online.
The files, found on BetaArchive, contain 8TB of compressed data that comprise of 32TB of internal builds for Windows 10 and Windows Sever 2016 and even software blueprints. This is believed to contain the code for Shared Source Kit, which includes the source for Windows 10's hardware drivers alongside PnP code, USB and Wi-Fi stacks, storage drivers, and ARM-specific OneCore kernel code.
All of these are critical systems for the operating systems and with their code available in plain sight to malicious parties; the massive leak, which is believed to have been taken from Microsoft's own systems, could prove devastating for the security of the OS in the future.
Alongside the source code were several as-yet unreleased builds for Windows 10, which included troubleshooting, testing and debugging tools used by Microsoft internally. Then, there's the Windows 10 Mobile Adaptation Kit, which seems to be an unannounced toolset designed at enabling Windows 10 to run on mobile devices.
The data seems to still be accessible to individuals with access to the private servers at BetaArchive and has been termed by some as being even bigger than the Windows 2000 source code leak back in 2004.