A ProPublica investigation found that a Microsoft program could expose Pentagon computers to cyberattacks from China, the nation’s greatest cyber adversary. Here are the biggest takeaways from our ...

The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China and elsewhere to remotely instruct American “escorts” who may lack ...

National security experts expressed alarm over Microsoft's practices allowing China-based engineers access to Pentagon cloud ...

Notably, in 2023, Chinese hackers compromised the emails of the U.S Commerce and State Departments, including those of the ...

Under the supervision of ‘digital escorts’, foreign workers maintain US government systems, ProPublica reports.

Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.

The practice has alarmed cybersecurity experts, who are worried the arrangement could lead to the engineers sneaking ...

This article was first published by ProPublica , a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Reporting Highlights ...

Microsoft is using potentially unqualified supervisors for engineers in China who are helping maintain the Department of ...

Some escorts were hired mainly for their security clearances, not their cloud expertise. That mismatch has left national security experts uneasy. Under federal rules, only U.S. citizens or permanent ...

Microsoft is using potentially unqualified supervisors for engineers in China who are helping maintain the Department of Defense (DOD)’s computer systems, ProPu ...

A little-known program run by Microsoft may have put the U.S. Department of Defense at serious cybersecurity risk. According to a ProPublica investigation, Microsoft has been quietly using engineers ...