How Microsoft’s “Little Workaround” Created a Major Pentagon Threat
About this episode
Renee Dudley investigates how Microsoft provided tech support to the Department of Defense through China, revealing significant cybersecurity risks.
A source told reporter Renee Dudley something she found hard to believe: that Microsoft was running tech support for the Department of Defense through China, the country’s biggest cybersecurity adversary. The arrangement was called “digital escorting.” She thought it sounded like a conspiracy theory — until she started looking into it. This is the story of what she found and how her investigation changed government policy. Read More: www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate .
People in this episode
Host: ProPublica
Guest: Renee Dudley
Topics covered
- cybersecurity
- government policy
- investigation
- technology
- China
- Department of Defense
Keywords
- Microsoft
- Department of Defense
- cybersecurity
- China
- digital escorting
- investigation
- government policy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Microsoft, Department of Defense
Places: China
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