A U.S. senator is asking the Pentagon for more information on Microsoft’s (MSFT.O), opens new tab reported use of Chinese engineers in maintaining military cloud computing systems, according to a copy of the letter seen by Reuters.
Senator Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican who chairs the chamber’s intelligence committee and also serves on its armed services committee, sent the letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after a report in investigative journalism publication ProPublica earlier this week.
The report detailed Microsoft’s use of Chinese engineers, opens new tab to work on U.S. military computing systems under the supervision of U.S. “digital escorts” hired through subcontractors who have security clearances but often lacked the technical skills to assess whether the work of the Chinese engineers posed a cybersecurity threat.
Contacted by Reuters about both the ProPublica report and Cotton’s letter, Microsoft declined to comment. The company, which is a major contractor to the U.S. government and whose systems have been breached by both Chinese and Russian hackers, told ProPublica that it disclosed its practices to the U.S. government during an authorization process.
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