Microsoft said this week that technology discontinued in 2005 is still being used widely and poses threats and vulnerabilities to power grids and the petroleum industry.SECURITY EXPERT REVEALS THE TICKTOK SETTING THAT EXPOSES YOUR DATA – AND HOW TO TURN IT OFFBoa servers, Microsoft said, are used to access settings, management consoles, and sign-in screens on devices, and despite being discontinued in 2005, they continue to be implemented by vendors.When Microsoft looked into the Recorded Future report, it found the Indian incident was just one of several intrusion attempts to gain access to infrastructure in the subcontinent.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESSIn the span of a week, Microsoft said, its Defender Threat Intelligence platform found over 1 million internet-exposed Boa server components around the world.To address these vulnerable components, Microsoft suggested organizations and network operators patch vulnerable devices and, if possible, find devices with vulnerable components and add measures to identify and detect malicious activities."