{"id":12687,"date":"2020-01-23T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howk.de\/w1\/microsoft-apologizes-after-exposing-250-million-customer-records-in-major-privacy-facepalm\/"},"modified":"2020-01-23T09:00:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T09:00:07","slug":"microsoft-apologizes-after-exposing-250-million-customer-records-in-major-privacy-facepalm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howk.de\/?p=12687","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Apologizes After Exposing 250 Million Customer Records In Major Privacy Facepalm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/news\/microsoft-apologizes-after-exposing-250-million-customer-records\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/ContentImages\/NewsItem\/50526\/thumbnail\/default\/microsoftbuildingthumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Microsoft Apologizes After Exposing 250 Million Customer Records In Major Privacy Facepalm\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\"><\/a><br \/>\nMicrosoft is coming under fire for a breach in customer privacy after it was revealed that the records of 250 million customers were exposed late last year. 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