Microsoft, SharePoint and Chinese
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Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to support the Pentagon. But ProPublica found that the tech giant has relied on its global workforce for years to support other federal clients,
Microsoft warns of hackers exploiting SharePoint vulnerabilities to breach critical organizations, including U.S. nuclear security.
A U.S. lawmaker on Thursday pressed the U.S. Defense Department for further details on what information the U.S. military shared with Chinese engineers as part of a cloud computing services contract with Microsoft.
Chinese hackers breached the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration through Microsoft SharePoint, with the Energy Department confirming no sensitive information was stolen.
A series of cyberattacks targeting Microsoft collaboration software, specifically SharePoint, have been linked to Chinese hackers and threat actors.
Following criticism of the company’s use of Chinese workers to advise on operation of Department of Defense cloud systems, Microsoft has changed its policy.