NEW: 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.

By @reneedudley.bsky.social

BREAKING: Microsoft failed to disclose key details about its use of China-based engineers in Defense Department IT work, according to security document obtained by @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/micr...

In addition to its work for the Pentagon, Microsoft has used overseas employees, including China-based personnel, to support the cloud systems of federal departments such as parts of the DOJ, Treasury and Commerce, ProPublica has learned.

By @reneedudley.bsky.social, w/ research by Doris Burke

Very thoughtful response to great @propublica.org reporting by @reneedudley.bsky.social and Doris Burke: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Our 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.

TL;DR, these are the 9 biggest takeaways ⤵️

Musk’s offer of free Starlink for the White House puzzled some former officials.

But it immediately struck ProPublica reporters as the potential Trump-era iteration of a tried-and-true business maneuver they’d spent months reporting on last year.

By @reneedudley.bsky.social