Microsoft will stop using Chinese workers on US DoD systems

Microsoft has moved to exclude engineers in China from working on the cloud services it provides to the US Department of Defense, days after saying that such global support personnel did not have direct access to its customers’ data or systems.

The company’s use of Chinese engineers to work on DoD infrastructure under the supervision of US-based “digital escorts” was uncovered in a report published by investigative news agency ProPublica last Tuesday.

By Friday, though, Microsoft had taken steps to prevent Chinese workers getting even that one-step-removed access to US DoD systems, said the company’s Chief Communications Officer, Frank X. Shaw.Microsoft will stop using Chinese workers on US DoD systems – ComputerworldRead More