Senator Calls for FTC Investigation into Microsoft’s Use of Outdated RC4 Encryption and Kerberoasting Vulnerabilities
September 11, 2025
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate Microsoft for what he terms “gross cybersecurity negligence,” accusing the tech giant of knowingly shipping its Windows operating system with a dangerously outdated form of encryption that has enabled devastating ransomware attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure, including major healthcare systems.