NTN House, September 26 news Microsoft’s Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 source code has been leaked on the Internet. This week, the torrent files of the source code of these two operating systems have been published on various file sharing websites. This is the first public leak of the source code of Windows XP , although the publisher of the leaked file claims that this code has been privately shared for years.
The foreign media The Verge has verified the authenticity of these source codes, and a Microsoft spokesperson said that the company is “investigating the matter . “
This source code leak is unlikely to pose any major threat to companies still running Windows XP. Microsoft ended support for Windows XP as early as 2014, but the company used a very unusual Windows XP patch in 2017 to respond to a large-scale WannaCry malware attack.
Although this is the first public appearance of the Windows XP source code, Microsoft has previously provided a special government security program (GSP) that allows governments and organizations to have controlled access to the source code and other technical content.
Naija Tech News learned that this is not the first time that the source code of Microsoft’s operating system has been leaked. A few years ago, at least 1GB of Windows 10 related source code was leaked. This year, Microsoft is also facing a series of Xbox related source code leaks.
It is unclear how much Windows XP source code is included in the leaked source code, but a Windows internal expert has found the root signing key of Microsoft’s NetMeeting user certificate.
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