Microsoft’s Software Licensing Playbook Is a National Security Risk

Microsoft’s software licensing playbook is a national security risk

News of two major Microsoft security events in as many weeks should concern every federal agency, not just because of the breaches themselves, but because of what they reveal about how the company does business. First, ProPublica uncovered that Microsoft allowed Chinese engineers to work on sensitive U.S. military cloud projects under the supervision of underqualified subcontractors. Then came a global cyberattack exploiting a critical flaw in M…

The Responsibility is NOT Microsoft’s

by Karl Denninger Market-Ticker.org I’ve talked about this in the context of “cloud” a great deal over the years. 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. The arrangement, which was critical to Microsoft…