The issue focused on computer storage devices that store digital data. Microsoft Windows computers were built with hardware encryption technology called Data Encryption Standard (DES). When hackers attempted to crack the software's encryption algorithms, they couldn't because Microsoft engineers had locked them up in hardware.

They'd designed Windows computers so that software programmers could install software onto computers without users ever knowing about it. Software developers used Windows machines as servers and laptops for desktop computing. Once installed, software hackers didn't need to break Windows software or bypass