32TB of Windows 10 internal builds, core source code leak online
>A massive trove of Microsoft's internal Windows operating system builds and chunks of its core source code have leaked online.
>The data – some 32TB of official and non-public installation images and software blueprints that compress down to 8TB – were uploaded to betaarchive.com, the latest load of files provided just earlier this week. It is believed the confidential data in this dump was exfiltrated from Microsoft's in-house systems around March this year.
>The leaked code is Microsoft's Shared Source Kit: according to people who have seen its contents, it includes the source to the base Windows 10 hardware drivers plus Redmond's PnP code, its USB and Wi-Fi stacks, its storage drivers, and ARM-specific OneCore kernel code.
>In addition to this, top-secret builds of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, none of which have been released to the public, have been leaked among copies of officially released versions. The confidential Windows team-only internal builds were created by Microsoft engineers for bug-hunting and testing purposes, and include private debugging symbols that are usually stripped out for public releases.
It's just shitty drivers and other things that don't matter.
Mason Jackson
How the fuck is 32TB worth of data simply a "leak"?
Lucas Thompson
It's Windows, none of it matters.
Daniel Collins
You seem to underestimate how many petabytes of data are stored at a company as large as Microsoft. >compress down to 8TB You can fit that on a single hard drive.
William Sullivan
You literally can't trust Pajeet with anything
Grayson James
I'm a longtime BetaArchive user and, according to staff, the 32TB file size is bullshit. The file size is very exaggerated. The SSK itself is only couple of GBs (which they've removed from the FTP).
The internal builds, however, were uploaded a couple of months ago.
MSM fake news at it again.
Ayden Edwards
Oh look, it's a Linux user who thinks his opinion does.
Henry Gomez
>he doesn't know what BetaArchive is >thinks El Reg is credible Get off my lawn kiddo.
i remember how insanely buthurt microsoft was over the win2000 source leak a few years ago
>expect drone strikes on the leakers
Jaxson Parker
Oh look, another Android/PHP developer. How's the weather in New Dehli?
Huh?
Brandon Hughes
BA has been around for fucking forever, and was preceded by OSBA. For how long The Register has been up, I'm surprised they're surprised BA has an FTP full of leaked Windows builds.
Must be a slow news day. Also the Win2k and NT4 source leak years ago was fucking nothing. The XP kernel was way more useful.
Kayden Robinson
rolling
Dominic Martin
Gonna wait for mirrors and analysis
Camden Taylor
>hardware drivers plus Redmond's PnP code, its USB and Wi-Fi stacks, its storage drivers, and ARM-specific OneCore kernel code. So fucking nothing. Post when the actual kernel source gets leaked so we can mod a Win 10 Lite Botnet Free Edition and make Windows 10 actually worth using.
Camden Collins
Why though, wasn't linux superior?
Easton Walker
>PnP code Who would want the Windows behaviour of having to install the driver for a device all over again if you plug it in a different port?
>USB stack See above
>Wi-Fi stack Windows' built-in Wifi stack is so bad that people usually have to install Intel's as replacement
>storage drivers See above. Except this time people would install Intel's AHCI/RAID controller drivers even if they aren't using Intel chipsets
>ARM-specific OneCore kernel code LOL
Kevin Clark
only enterprises and govs get access to shared source kit
Ryan King
Windows 10 is finally open source!
Ryder Baker
Sup Forums BTFO, Windows is finally open sores so we know it's secure.
Wyatt Thomas
presumably knowing the windows source would make it easier to find security exploits, at least
Lucas Martinez
literally never had a single problem with windows' native wifi
Anyway, can anyone actually find the link or are they just talking about something that possibly might have allegedly happened?
Sebastian Cooper
Just show me where the NSA backdoor is located.
Easton Turner
link the files or this is all a ruse
Mason King
>Android/PHP developer >new dehli fun fact: pajeets can't do php development. Instead they force other languages to act like php.
Colton Torres
how do you even exfiltrate 32tb of data without getting noticed
Landon Ramirez
I dont think they ever made it to the public. The files in question were on some private ftp server. They are saying there was a gig of drivers and the whole rest of it are Windows Insider builds. yall can go to sleep now
Ethan Foster
Would it be possible to make a modified version of Windows 10 with all of the botnet features removed? And maybe community updates. That would be awesome.
Carson Johnson
So it didn't leak then. See, telling the truth isn't so hard.
Jace Jackson
I'm sure they would be just as trustworthy as all the 'windows xp super ultimate ninja black edition definitely with no exploits preinstalled by botnet script kiddies' stuff you can dl from piratebay.
Ayden Fisher
> Single hard drive What kind of hard drive do you have?
Michael Diaz
Storage isn't that expensive, user. Fast storage on the other hand...
Jason Mitchell
so does anyone actually have the files or is it a fucking fairy tale
Anthony Moore
Not him but 8TB hard drive. Apparently.
Angel Lewis
Deep pockets and lots of usb drives.
Parker Moore
So, anyone know where I might find this archive?
Ryder Clark
I suspect there is code within windows to reject working well with anything. It's why third party software is always shit on windows. They have to keep paying them to keep the aggressive code at bay. Microsoft could use it as antivirus but that action would have to survive the internal competitive structure of the company that withholds resources and data to defeat itself from within. The part of microsoft that is in charge of the aggressive code is against most other divisions within microsft. If any code is released to the public, all that has to be done is to change the parameters of the aggressive code and it won't work well if at all.
That's enough information for the likes of you.
Parker Sullivan
This is what happens when you hire pajeets.
Mason Adams
Because it's open source. If Windows becomes open source, then its better overall software compatibility is better.
Elijah Foster
lmao
Andrew Reyes
Open source
Ian Ward
So windows 10 is open source now? Can I finally install it?
Adrian Evans
No
Camden Perez
Yes
Eli Cruz
/thread
Easton Collins
This only leaked because they gave copies to the government.
Zachary Gray
SO, ARE YOU ON THE SUICIDE WATCH LIST TOO, Sup Forums?
Julian Butler
maybe
Jayden Nguyen
Fuck this kind of news and "leaks" that leaked but can't be found anywhere
Pathetic US journalism, MUH Russians, MUH GOP leaks, this bs, and only source is some bullshit shill agency
fuck you
Charles Lopez
post mega or it didnt happen
Cooper Reyes
get out Sup Forums
Justin Sanchez
Lads, Seagate makes a consumer 8TB that isn't rare or expensive. They're slow though, since they're SMR. There are enterprise drives up to 10TB with WDD having 12TB and 14TB in the pipeline.
If you've got money, Seagate also makes SSDs with 60TB storage capacity.
Blake Ramirez
Drivers matter for ReactOS.
Jackson Gray
Microsoft should have enabled telemetry on their machines. It's their own fault for not trusting Microsoft.
Brandon Martin
enterprise ones (8TB+) are helium-filled. These are slow AF. consumer 8TB are normal and same as smaller 2/4TB
Kayden Bennett
I can't find the downloadable even in the dark web. anyone knows a link for it?
Evan Taylor
No, Seagates Archive 8TB is SMR, which is not the same as the "normal" drives (PMR). I haven't looked into the other consumer 8TB+ drives, so I can't comment.
Eli Evans
GOD DAMN RUSSIAN HACKERS!! LEAVE US ALONE!!
Luis Miller
>primary advantage of open source programs are that you can audit the code yourself >meanwhile no linux kernel or OS has ever been audited, essentially putting on the same level of security as Windows 10
honestly don't bother with any OS, just hardware program everything yourself
Jordan Phillips
Only TempleOS
Hunter Watson
Yeah where
Nicholas Rodriguez
Bumping
Angel Watson
I wonder if the react os boys will jump on it.
Adrian Rodriguez
>You literally can't trust Pajeet with anything But they built a mosque for them. Ahahahaa
Jordan Young
>Drivers matter for ReactOS Is it legal for reactors to use the leaks though? ReactOS already has to tip toe around on eggshells, and be very careful on what they use.
Ayden Reed
Reverse engineering is 100% legal so ReactOS never had to worry. As for using leaks, they can just be "inspired" by them. As long as the code isn't the same they're fine.
Jonathan James
>Reverse engineering is 100% legal so ReactOS never had to worry. This was my concern as they already got in trouble for improperly reverse engineering before. It was a huge issue before, and the outcome was very unkind to the ReactOS team.