Microsoft on Friday said it will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical assistance to the U.S. military after a report from ProPublica sparked questions about the engineers' possible cybersecurity threat.
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft on Friday said it will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical assistance to the U.S. military after a report in investigative journalism outlet ProPublica sparked questions from a U.S. senator and prompted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to order a two-week review of Pentagon cloud deals.The report detailed Microsoft's use of Chinese engineers to work on U.S. military cloud computing systems under the supervision of U.S.
Earlier on Friday, Sen, Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican who chairs the chamber's intelligence committee and also serves on its armed services committee, sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about Microsoft's reported practices.Cotton asked the U.S. military for a list of contractors that use Chinese personnel and more information on how U.S. "digital escorts" are trained to detect suspicious activity."The U.S.
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