Programmer's Worst Problem in 2024 (for professional Software Engineers)

This is the biggest problem with being a software professional in early 2024. It's not "AI", it's not layoffs, and it's not even Microsoft (although I use them as an illustration in this video).

Links to articles used in this timeline:

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/12/1187208383/china-hack-us-government-microsoft

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/17/microsoft-lost-keys-government-hacked/

https://www.securityweek.com/us-senator-wyden-accuses-microsoft-of-cybersecurity-negligence/

https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-ai-researchers-expose-38tb-of-data-including-keys-passwords-and-internal-messages/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-exchange-gets-better-patch-to-mitigate-critical-bug/

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/34-windows-device-drivers-vulnerable-to-exploits-that-grant-full-system-control

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/russian-hackers-exploiting-outlook-bug-to-hijack-exchange-accounts/

https://tech.co/news/microsoft-outlook-update-exploit

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/technology/microsoft-executive-emails-hacked.html

https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-critics-accuse-the-firm-of-negligence-in-latest-breach/

https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-taylor-swift-porn-twitter/

https://www.404media.co/email/ed513582-08d4-44d0-b54d-9f5aac5de354/

https://www.thestatesman.com/business/microsoft-ends-week-with-3-125-tn-mcap-becomes-most-valuable-company-ever-1503268556.html


Number of bugs is increasing dramatically (retrieved Feb 2024):

https://www.cve.org/About/Metrics

Encryption regulation change from the 1990s:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_the_United_States