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Pentagon Bans Tech Vendors From Using China-Based Personnel After ProPublica Investigation
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The Defense Department has tightened cybersecurity requirements for its cloud services providers. The changes come after ProPublica revealed how Microsoft’s use of China-based engineers left sensitive government data vulnerable to hacking.
https://www.propublica.org/article/pentagon-dod-microsoft-digital-escorts-china-ban-cybersecurity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DOD #Tech #Microsoft #Pentagon #Cybersecurity #Technology #China
Pentagon Warns Microsoft: Company’s Use of China-Based Engineers Was a “Breach of Trust”
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The Defense Department is opening an investigation to determine if the tech giant’s use of overseas engineers to maintain sensitive U.S. government computer systems compromised national security.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-china-defense-department-digital-escorts-investigation-warning?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News#Microsoft#Tech#Pentagon#Defense #Technology#Cybersecurity
Microsoft is required to regularly provide U.S. officials with its plan for keeping government data safe from hacking. Yet a copy of the tech giant’s security plan obtained by ProPublica makes no reference to the company’s China-based operations.
#News#Microsoft#Tech#Data #China#Cybersecurity#Government #Technology
This is better advice than I get from my IT guy!
#cats #CatsOfMastodon#CouldntWaitForCaturday #IT#HelpDesk#tech#technology#IAmDB
no more music for U-18s in UK 🙃
#OnlineSafetyAct#OSA#AgeVerification #Spotify #Tech #Technology #Privacy #Censorship #Surveillance
no more music for U-18s in UK 🙃
#OnlineSafetyAct#OSA#AgeVerification #Spotify #Tech #Technology #Privacy #Censorship #Surveillance
Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to support the Pentagon. But ProPublica found that the tech giant has relied on its global workforce for years to support other federal clients, including the Justice Department.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-tech-support-government-cybersecurity-china-doj-treasury?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Technology #Tech #Microsoft #Pentagon #Cybersecurity #Defense #China
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Want to really understand how RAG, vector search & chunking work?
Then stop reading theory and build your own chatbot.
This guide shows you how to create a local PDF chatbot using:
☕ LangChain
☕ FAISS (vector DB)
☕ Mistral via Ollama
☕ Python & Streamlit
Step-by-step, from environment setup to deployment. Ideal for learning how Retrieval-Augmented Generation works in practice.
Comment “WANT” if you need the friends link to the article, as you don’t have paid Medium.
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After a ProPublica investigation revealed how Microsoft’s “digital escort” tech support service could expose sensitive government data to cyberattacks, the company says China-based engineers will no longer provide assistance on DOD cloud services.
#News#Microsoft#Tech #Technology#Defense#Government#DOD#Cybercrime
A ProPublica investigation revealed how a little-known Microsoft program could leave some of the U.S. government’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary.
Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escort-china-government-data-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News#Tech #Technology#Microsoft#Cybersecurity#Cybercrime#Government
A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers
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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 expertise to identify malicious code.
#News#Tech#Cybersecurity #Technology#Microsoft#Government#Data
“ProPublica’s reporting revealed these cancelled contracts were delivering essential services … and exposed the cruel and dumb AI formulas DOGE bros used to cancel contracts,” Sen. Blumenthal said. “Veterans and all Americans deserve transparency.”
#DOGE#Veterans#AI#Health#Government #Technology #Journalism#Transparency
“ProPublica’s reporting revealed these cancelled contracts were delivering essential services … and exposed the cruel and dumb AI formulas DOGE bros used to cancel contracts,” Sen. Blumenthal said. “Veterans and all Americans deserve transparency.”
#DOGE#Veterans#AI#Health#Government #Technology #Journalism#Transparency
Some people still weren't born, or came of age recently and are building the future, but never before had the luxury afforded to them and they have never known a world without React, or a world with non-stupidly complex technology so they keep reinventing things like Mustache.
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