ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

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.

https://www.propublica.org/article/defense-department-pentagon-microsoft-digital-escort-china?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Microsoft#Tech #Technology#Defense#Government#DOD#Cybercrime
Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌
@ArenaCops@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
@ProPublica You really gotta wonder how dumbfucking stupid U.S.-based software corps can be to let Chinese government-dependent hackers & crackers fiddle with U.S. DoD systems — without DoD professionals suspecting & discovering???

Aiding & abetting much?

#Microsoft#DOD#China#Vulnerabilities#Backdoors#Trojans#NationalSecurity#USPol#USPolitics