A Microsoft Project Could Expose the Pentagon to Chinese Hackers

Microsoft China Pentagon Risk Exposes U.S. to Threat - American Faith

A ProPublica investigation has revealed that Microsoft employs engineers in China to help maintain computer systems for the U.S. Department of Defense, despite minimal oversight by U.S. personnel. The arrangement, which Microsoft uses to support its bid for Pentagon cloud contracts, may expose some of the nation’s most sensitive military data to cyber infiltration by China. To comply with federal requirements that only U.S. persons access classi…

Report: Microsoft's Chinese Engineers Access Pentagon Systems with Minimal Oversight from 'Digital Escorts'

Microsoft is using engineers in China to help maintain the Defense Department's computer systems — with minimal supervision by U.S. personnel — leaving some of the nation's most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary, a ProPublica investigation has found.

National security experts raise concerns after Microsoft program exposed as possible avenue for Chinese spying

A new ProPublica report accused Microsoft of allowing China-based engineers to assist with Pentagon cloud systems with inadequate guardrails in an effort to scale up its government contracting business, raising espionage concerns from national security experts. The report cited current and former employees and government contractors who worked on a cloud computing program deployed by Microsoft in 2016 that would allow the tech giant to sell its …

A Microsoft project could expose the Pentagon to Chinese hackers

This article was first published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Reporting Highlights Microsoft is using engineers in China to help maintain the Defense Department’s computer systems — with minimal supervision by US personnel — leaving some of the nation’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary, a ProPublica investigation […] The post A Microsoft project could expose the Pentago…

A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers

by Renee Dudley, with research by Doris Burke ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Microsoft is using engineers in China to help maintain the Defense Department’s computer systems — with minimal supervision by U.S. personnel — leaving some of the nation’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary, a ProPublica in…

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