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Pentagon Bans Tech Vendors From Using China-Based Personnel After ProPublica Investigation

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Pentagon Bans Tech Vendors From Using China-Based Personnel After ProPublica Investigation

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Technology@beehaw.org · 4 days ago

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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.

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Bribery and backdoors? Which government are we talking about here? Those are features.
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  It’s a feature when you use it, but a bug when your competitors do it.

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