Microsoft’s software licensing playbook is a national security risk

The piece outlines multiple high-impact Microsoft security failures — a critical SharePoint vulnerability exploited in a global attack affecting U.S. agencies and private organizations, a cloud email breach by Chinese APT Storm-0558 impacting hundreds and dozens of organizations, and a separate Midnight Blizzard intrusion that exposed internal emails and source code — and argues that Microsoft’s licensing and lock-in practices exacerbate national security and supply-chain risks.