![]() ![]() "This decision maker on the customer side would send an email to Microsoft requesting a discount, which would be granted, but the end customer would pay the full fee anyway. "Examining an audit of several partners conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, I discovered that when agreeing to terms of sale for a product or contract, a Microsoft executive or salesperson would propose a side agreement with the partner and the decision maker at the entity making the purchase," explains Elabd. These bribes are alleged to be worth more than $200M/year and the whistleblower, Yasser Elabd, a former Microsoft employee who spent over 20 years with the company, claims he was hounded out of Microsoft by senior management when he attempted to draw attention to what was going on. ![]() ![]() Something needs to change.Ġ3/26 Update: A serious new blow has been dealt to Microsoft's reputation following allegations that the company is spending hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign bribes. Microsoft has released multiple 'out-of-band' (OOB) emergency patches to combat these problems. These include Bluetooth causing Windows blue screens, LSASS crashes, Netlogon issues, and a Windows Active Directory bug. Microsoft offered an install guide for this and has provided two download links ( 1, 2 ) for the patches.Īs noted by BleepingComputer, Microsoft's recent updates have caused a truckload of problems for Windows users. Microsoft has released a preventative fix but states that it cannot fix impacted computers without owners manually applying the fix. The company also confirmed that two further updates KB5010427 (02/15/22) and KB5011551 (03/22/22) can cause these problems. ![]()
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