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Microsoft says it will no longer use engineers in China for Department of Defense work

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Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Date Published: 2025-07-19

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: Anthony Ha

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Microsoft announced changes to its support model for U.S. government and DoD cloud services after a ProPublica report revealed China-based engineers had been involved under U.S. “digital escort” supervision that was sometimes insufficient; Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stated foreign engineers should never access DoD systems, and Microsoft’s Frank X. Shaw said no China-based teams will provide assistance going forward.

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