Congress is currently holding Microsoft's feet to the metaphorical fire as it gives the company a thorough toasting for what a government report has called a "cascade" of "avoidable errors". The net result of Microsoft's mess up is that Chinese hackers breached the tech giant's network last year, allowing access to the email accounts of senior US officials including the Secretary of Commerce.
Speaking before Congress at the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee (via CNN), Microsoft President Brad Smith duly grovelled before law makers, conceding every failing highlighted in the US Cyber Safety Review Board's report.
