{"id":2479998,"date":"2025-08-28T15:08:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-and-biden-had-chinese-nationals-working-on-defense-departments-data-storage-systems-with-microsofts-help\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:10:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:10:59","slug":"obama-and-biden-had-chinese-nationals-working-on-defense-departments-data-storage-systems-with-microsofts-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-and-biden-had-chinese-nationals-working-on-defense-departments-data-storage-systems-with-microsofts-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama and Biden Had Chinese Nationals Working on Defense Department&#8217;s Data Storage Systems with Microsoft&#8217;s Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobama-and-biden-had-chinese-nationals-working-on-defense-departments-data-storage-systems-with-microsofts-help%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2479998&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-the-border-crisis-is-even-worse-than-you-think\/\" title=\"WATCH: Live Recording Exposes The Secret Atrocities Happening At The Border\">recent report revealed<\/a> that Microsoft employed Chinese engineers as part of a contract to maintain sensitive Defense Department cloud systems through a program known as &#8220;digital escorts.&#8221; Even though U.S. personnel supervised these engineers, many lacked the expertise to fully understand their activities.This arrangement exposed the Department of Defense (DoD) to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mo-brooks-calls-out-weak-kneed-debt-junkie-america-last-republicans-who-funded-bidens-afghan-resettlement\/\" title=\"Mo Brooks Calls Out &#039;Weak-Kneed, Debt Junkie ... America Last&#039; Republicans Who Funded Biden&#039;s Afghan Resettlement\">significant security risks<\/a>. After the issue came to light,Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the immediate termination of the program and ordered a review to ensure no other projects compromise national security. Microsoft was reprimanded for the breach of trust and is now subject to a third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-committee-faces-criticism-over-refusal-to-answer-questions-about-xinjiang\/\" title=\"Olympic Committee Faces Criticism Over Refusal To Answer Questions About Xinjiang\">-party audit<\/a> of the program&#8217;s code and submissions from Chinese nationals. The inquiry aims to determine whether any unauthorized changes where made,and all Chinese connections to DoD vendor-operated systems will be cut. Secretary Hegseth emphasized that such vulnerabilities should never have occurred, highlighting the need for stronger safeguards to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >protect sensitive government facts<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Weeks after it was revealed that Chinese nationals have been an integral part of a Microsoft project to manage sensitive Defense Department information, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that program has ended, and a review is under way to ensure no other program gives China access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-publisher-biden-doj-launching-unprecedented-assault-on-american-news-organizations\/\" title=\"WaPo Publisher: Biden DOJ Launching \u2018Unprecedented Assault On American News Organizations\u2019\">sensitive government information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In July, the website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/microsoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ProPublica<\/a> revealed that Microsoft used China-based engineers as part of its contract to maintain Defense Department computer systems.<\/p>\n<p>In theory, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chinese-hackers-breach-us-government-steal-documents-major-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft<\/a> had U.S. citizens with security clearances watching what Chinese engineers were up to. However, the ProPublica report said many lacked the technical understanding to know what was taking place.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called escort system handled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-defense-companies-panicked-china-withholds-crucial-rare-earth-materials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sensitive information<\/a> that was not quite at the level of being classified.<\/p>\n<p>The report prompted Microsoft to say in July that it would stop the practice, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/microsoft-stop-using-engineers-china-tech-support-us-military-hegseth-orders-2025-07-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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Hegseth said in a video.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For nearly a decade, Microsoft has used Chinese coders, remotely supervised by U.S. contractors, to support sensitive DoD cloud systems,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth said the way the program was run &ldquo;exposed the department to unacceptable risk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/china-blocks-us-based-wells-fargo-executive-leaving-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hegseth<\/a> noted that in July, when he learned about the problem, he &ldquo;initiated an immediate review of this vulnerability.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the investigation, he said that &ldquo;the use of Chinese nationals to service Department of Defense cloud environments &mdash; it&rsquo;s over.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The use of Chinese Nationals to service Department of Defense cloud environments is over. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jZdcHwKho2\">pic.twitter.com\/jZdcHwKho2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef\/status\/1960824471683801206?\">August 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft was reprimanded in a letter for the &ldquo;breach of trust,&rdquo; Hegseth said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re requiring a third-party audit of Microsoft&rsquo;s digital escort program, including the code and the submissions by Chinese nationals,&rdquo; Hegseth said, noting the audit will not cost taxpayers anything.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth said an investigation of the Microsoft program and its China connections &ldquo;will help us determine the impact of this digital escort workaround.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Did they put anything in the code that we didn&rsquo;t know about? We&rsquo;re gonna find out,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>In light of the Microsoft program, he said, Chinese connections to vendor-operated DoD systems will be terminated.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth said that under the principles of America First and common sense, &ldquo;this never should have happened in the first place.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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