Microsoft Store Hacked in India ⇥

Sean Buckley:

According to WPSauce, Microsoft Store India’s landing page was briefly taken over by a hacker group called Evil Shadow Team, who, in addition to putting a new face on Windows products, revealed that user passwords were saved in plain text.

I can understand being suspicious of giving sensitive information to sketchy, unheard-of startups, but Microsoft? The underlying assumption is that they will treat your personal information incredibly well. Storing passwords in plain text? This is elementary stuff.

Some are rushing to note that Microsoft didn’t actually write the store, nor do they own or maintain it. That’s true enough, but it’s in Microsoft’s name, and it’s their official store in India.