Thanks Tim. Microsoft has acknowledged that it knew about an Internet Explorer security hole--and failed to issue a fix--a full week before it accused a security company of placing IE users at risk by publicly disclosing details of the flaw.
A Microsoft representative retracted an earlier claim that the company first heard of the flaw on Nov. 8--the date of security company Online Solutions' public disclosure--and said Microsoft was actually notified by Online a week earlier, on Nov. 1.
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