I’m sorry, but for business purposes we must not trust China. Not with intellectual property, not with inside information, not with vulnerability data. Chinese culture dehumanizes outsiders, making it perfectly legitimate, for instance, to poison their babies with formula spiked with melamine. That’s plastic, in case you didn’t know. This kind of thing is common practice, Standard Operating Procedure, demonstrated again and again.
So, Microsoft admitted Hangzhou DPTech Technologies into a security partnership that addresses emerging cyber threats. Hangzhou DPTech Technologies got the inside scoop on an RDP patch that was forthcoming. Violating their NDA (were you surprised?), they leaked the info. Letting the crackers stay one step ahead again. Thanks, Hangzhou DPTech Technologies. And thanks again, China.
“Yes, it is a little concerning that it was a Chinese firm that leaked the Microsoft information. That being said, what did Microsoft really expect was going to happen? The Chinese do not have a very good track record of adhering to NDA and other agreements,” says Paul Henry, security and forensic analyst.
Read one good article at http://www.darkreading.com/insider-threat/167801100/security/vulnerabilities/232901426/microsoft-fingers-chinese-firewall-ips-vendor-in-windows-exploit-leak.html.
And meditate, when you get the chance, on the image of Lucy holding the football so Charlie Brown can kick it.
You’re stupid if you trust in the face of experience and proof. Were you really surprised?