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Microsoft Exodus, Microsoft Layoffs, Azure Cracked

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 16, 2023

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Major Nelson is leaving Xbox

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Ex-Microsoft employee looks for new job on LinkedIn, says he is writing this with his eyes full of tears [Ed: This article parrots a false, low number. People were also sacked in Canada and Europe, not just two cities in Washington state.]

=> ↺ Ex-Microsoft employee looks for new job on LinkedIn, says he is writing this with his eyes full of tears

Microsoft fired 276 employees in a fresh round of layoffs recently. A man who had been working at the company for five years lost his job and took to LinkedIn to find a new opportunity. He wrote in his post that he is writing this with 'eyes full of tears'.

Microsoft Weekly: Windows 11 23H2 confirmed, the FTC takes the L, Cortana dies

=> ↺ Microsoft Weekly: Windows 11 23H2 confirmed, the FTC takes the L, Cortana dies

Microsoft's employees from various departments have already changed their LinkedIn pages, but the exact number of people Microsoft wants to let go remains unknown.

Infosec watchers: TeamTNT crew may blast holes in Azure, Google Cloud users

=> ↺ Infosec watchers: TeamTNT crew may blast holes in Azure, Google Cloud users

That said, given the amount of work the miscreants have done to improve their techniques and the addition of Azure and Google Cloud accounts to the list of targets, the group looks set to ramp up its attacks, according to Alex Delamotte, researcher with SentinelOne's SentinelLabs unit.

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