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Microsoft snubs alert over Exchange hole

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Re: weird

"rely on a compromised Windows machine further up the "problem chain"..."

Usually a compromised Linux machine (e.g. a web server) I think you mean.

This might surprise you, but Windows based systems are statistically about 5 times less likely to be hacked when used as internet facing webservers than Linux based ones (yes that's allowing for market share) !

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