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Microsoft Used China-Based Support for Multiple U.S. Agencies, Potentially Exposing Sensitive Data

Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to support the Pentagon. But ProPublica found that the tech giant ...
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Microsoft ends use of China-based engineers to patch DOD systems

The move comes after a ProPublica report highlighted a Microsoft program that allows foreign engineers to indirectly interact ...

Microsoft says China-backed cybercriminals hacked into US nuclear weapons agency

Microsoft has warned that Chinese state-sponsored hackers have breached its SharePoint software used by the US agency ...

China-backed hackers used Microsoft flaw in attacks, defenders say

Researchers say Chinese actors, along with other criminal hackers, exploited a security flaw in SharePoint software widely ...

Microsoft to stop using China-based engineers for US military tech support

Some of the most sensitive data the United States has to offer is currently being maintained by engineers from China, often ...

Microsoft probing if Chinese hackers learned SharePoint flaws through alert, Bloomberg News reports

Microsoft is investigating whether a leak from its early alert system for cybersecurity companies allowed Chinese hackers to ...

A Failed Microsoft Security Patch Is the Latest Win for Chinese Hackers

The path to a worldwide hacking campaign began with a contest for cash and a free laptop.

Microsoft says it will no longer use engineers in China for Department of Defense work

Following a Pro Publica report that Microsoft was using engineers in China to help maintain cloud computing systems for the U ...
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Microsoft probes suspected leak from cybersecurity partner program

Microsoft is probing whether a leak from its Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP)—an early warning system for cybersecurity partners—may have enabled Chinese hackers to exploit unpatched ...