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Microsoft cuts Claude Code access as AI coding costs surge

US-based technology firm Microsoft has begun scaling back access to Anthropic's Claude Code among its employees and is redirecting engineers towards GitHub Copilot CLI as surging AI usage drives up ...

Microsoft pulls Claude Code licenses, shifts engineers to GitHub Copilot CLI amid rising AI costs

According to The Verge, Claude Code became "perhaps a little too popular" inside Microsoft, with many engineers regularly favouring Anthropic's offering over Microsoft's own Copilot CLI.

Microsoft’s open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers

Microsoft shut down dozens of GitHub code repositories for Azure and AI coding tools after a reported hack.
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Microsoft may cut internal Claude Code licences in Copilot shift

Microsoft is reportedly moving developers from Claude Code to GitHub Copilot CLI as AI coding costs, platform control, and governance concerns rise.

GitHub confirms 3,800 internal repos stolen through poisoned VS Code extension as supply chain worm hits Microsoft’s Python SDK

GitHub confirmed attackers stole 3,800 internal repositories via a poisoned VS Code extension. The same threat group, TeamPCP, simultaneously compromised Microsoft's durabletask Python ...
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Microsoft says Russian hackers breached its systems, accessed source code

Microsoft says the Russian 'Midnight Blizzard' hacking group recently accessed some of its internal systems and source code repositories using authentication secrets stolen during a January ...