Microsoft says it will not use engineers in China to work for the Ministry of Defense

the next PRO PUBLICA report That Microsoft was using engineers in China to help maintain the US Department of Defense cloud computing systems, the company said changes have been made to ensure that this was not done.

According to what was reported, the current system relied on “digital escorts” to oversee engineers in China. But according to Pro Publica, these escorts – American citizens who suffer from security permits – sometimes lack technical experience to properly monitor engineers.

In response to the report, Defense Minister Beit Higseth Books on x“Foreign engineers – from any country, including China, of course – should never be allowed to maintain or access DOD systems.”

Friday, the chief communications official at Microsoft Frank x. Shaw responded: “In response to the concerns that were raised earlier this week about foreign engineers supervised in the United States, Microsoft has changed our support for US government agents to ensure that China -based engineering teams are not available for government cloud services and relevant services.”