The National Security Agency may have to work a little harder to hack into Microsoft’s data centers in the near future. Unnamed sources tell The Washington Post that Microsoft “is moving toward a major new effort to encrypt its Internet traffic after concluding that the National Security Agency may have broken into its global communications systems.” Microsoft’s decision to encrypt its data center traffic comes after Google, Facebook and Yahoo made similar moves after news broke that the NSA has found a way to hack into their data centers. The Post’s sources say that high-level Microsoft executives are meeting this week to decide what encryption measures the company will take and how quickly they’ll be deployed.
Microsoft becomes latest company to beef up anti-NSA encryption
Published Nov 26th, 2013 8:45PM EST
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Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.
