Microsoft to restrict cyber early warning systems for some Chinese firms

Access to Microsoft’s early warning system for cybersecurity vulnerabilities will be reduced for some companies following a campaign of attacks which leveraged vulnerabilities in the company’s SharePoint platform to target as many as 400 organizations. Microsoft has restricted access for Chinese firms after suspicions that Beijing was involved in the attacks, with many believing there was a leak in Microsoft’s Active Protections Program (MAPP) – the system Microsoft uses to alert security firms of threats to help them pre-empt hacks and pro-actively defend against attackers.These vulnerabilities have now been patched, but have previously been observed in the wild being used to deploy ransomware. What is your take on the new move?