US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the Pentagon issued an official letter after learning that „Microsoft“ was using Chinese citizens to service the Pentagon's cloud systems, which he described as a “breach of trust“, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
„We demand a third-party audit of „Microsoft“s digital escort program, including the code and materials submitted by Chinese citizens“, Hegseth said in a video posted on the social network „Ex“.
Following a report by the investigative journalism publication “ProPublica“, “Microsoft“ said in July that it had ended the practice of using China-based developers to provide technical support to the US military under the supervision of American “digital escorts“.