In a brief security lapse, early testers of Microsoft software had access to discussions on all of Microsoft's products, rather than just the programs they were testing.
For about 36 hours this week, registered beta testers could view, but not post, new messages on any of the various discussion groups Microsoft hosts for its products that are in beta testing. In order to gain access to different discussions, testers would have to know or deduce a three-digit code for the product they were interested in. That meant that someone testing the next version of Office, say, would be able to read about Longhorn, the next version of Windows.
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