-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/10/2016 02:43 PM, jim bell wrote: > From: Georgi Guninski <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: Microsoft is trying to force Windows 10 on just > about everyone. On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 07:36:59AM +0000, jim > bell wrote: >>> Microsoft is trying to force Windows 10 on just about >>> everyone. >>> http://www.howtogeek.com/241329/upgrade-now-or-upgrade-tonight-h ow-microsoft-has-aggressively-pushed-windows-10-to-everyone/> >>> >> >> lol. According to the theregister, m$ crashed (not sure if in >> the cloud) and they couldn't restore from backup (trust >> 'em). Then they asked their partners to send them CA >> audits... Hope someone helped them in the crash/backup. > > I'd like to read more about this crash. Are you talking about > something that happened within the last week? Jim bell
The Register quotes Microsoft: "As many of you may have just noticed, our system just generated a bunch of emails informing many of you that you are subject to removal because Microsoft does not have evidence of a qualifying audit on file. This is likely an error on our side, but we need your help. "Our CRM system suffered a data loss, and it looks like it rolled back to an old backup. As a result, we lost audit data for about 147 roots. If you received a message, please don't panic. Instead, please just send Microsoft your most-recent audit data, and we will update our records. Sorry for the confusion. The Register says: "As part of Microsoft’s Trusted Root program’s compliance requirements, Certificate Authorities must provide a courtesy copy of their audit data to the company annually. We’re reliably informed that Microsoft stores these internally in a standalone tool. An error occurred with the tool, so Microsoft contacted some CAs and requested they resubmit a copy of their latest audit data, sources confirm. "Microsoft is a player in backup and the cloud, through Microsoft Azure. Asking third parties for data on themselves in the wake of a back-up bungle is not the biggest disaster in the world, but it doesn’t look good either. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJW4dfHAAoJEDZ0Gg87KR0L/nAP/07sYYKn55vLgB9OTGEZsshn C0Sh3itw9HhmRdGfi52o2LopJzYbVNo9uIVwFoTdiV2+Vpix9B9y7FX+GBT0/heJ uXbwqIqmT7vfc8kjQuE8qeSNHhI47Fugwl1tUbiU+dRiKexU/sEIPSLQ5S3QG58A psPeLJz/G6qqR5IuE+XIg/AIJAsJ48/MXTD1aAIeVsabEUXRfSdtbGBCIZ3MUtBY YNjHbnN9qMm+ve99BocN2UJarwigh8wLUUVQXeqBWRda767ScT0Zdkf8weMXF6yB xI7b+i4VMPD1Z15CKwf99kYPbofvZJjeVuUKVYCM+gBzzwruKZld1O7CXC59VrLZ pK/MIJRJrKdDN4gBMlwi0/8UOjhigOrikP0rBmm+SLgv0jTBFIEAqyVZ1+wVSdbi BQCwwzCnvvB8rgflV2VQRs5vwlKjGc33BGZGjFn0TqcrHlVLtvGqzYS3WMUQ4XlQ uKyuhnTvA2ZQC9fzWIfg7MvMlGjpx/A9dY5YICkMVrv2AD9quTyW0FXiWZ/gOf1C zqhyj3Wls2sVj5O30g67suX4r5ST/nP9Zt8to7D3D86KnO2bom/dTkG9TJwr1xZo 2zDSIihyjR4v3jz6zO14MqnIwkKJR390UmvJXdIN5aEO52G+nTBd2Myv6wjzcUhL cubWo3p3T2ZMXJu8owsf =aSZj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
