{"id":114,"date":"2026-07-11T06:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maxinefilmes.com\/odelator\/pentagon-dod-microsoft-digital-escorts-china-ban-cybersecurity\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T09:35:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T09:35:22","slug":"pentagon-dod-microsoft-digital-escorts-china-ban-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxinefilmes.com\/odelator\/pentagon-dod-microsoft-digital-escorts-china-ban-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Bans Tech Vendors From Using China-Based Personnel"},"content":{"rendered":" <article class=\"wp-block-group p-grid-text-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"> <header class=\"wp-block-group entry-header is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3ce78d47 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-propublica-opener\">  <div class=\"wp-block-group p-opener p-opener--split p-opener--left p-opener--text_art_one_thirds_two_thirds is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">  <div class=\"wp-block-group p-opener__art-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a77db08e wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"> <figure> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"p-opener__art\" alt=\"A photo illustration of the Pentagon as a computer chip on a circuit board, bathed in ominous red light.\" width=\"1149\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?w=1149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=863,575 863w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=422,281 422w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=552,368 552w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=558,372 558w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=527,351 527w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=752,501 752w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=1149,766 1149w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=459,306 459w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=800,533 800w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tech-project-dod-impact-FINAL.jpg?resize=1600,1067 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 60em) 100vw, 67vw\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"object-position: 52% 43%;\">  <figcaption class=\"p-attribution\">  <span class=\"p-attribution__credit\"> Photo illustration by Andrea Wise\/ProPublica. Source images: Getty Images. <\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/figure>  <\/div>    <div class=\"wp-block-group p-opener__topic-title-dek-wrapper p-opener__topic-title-dek-wrapper--valign-center is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">  <p class=\"p-opener__series wp-block-propublica-primary-term\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/maxinefilmes.com\/odelator\/\" class=\"wp-block-propublica-primary-term__link p-opener__series-link\"> Zero Trust\t\t<\/a> <\/p>   <h1 class=\"p-opener__hed p-opener__hed--small wp-block-post-title\">Pentagon Bans Tech Vendors From Using China-Based Personnel After ProPublica Investigation<\/h1>   <h2 class=\"p-opener__dek wp-block-propublica-dek\"> The Defense Department has tightened cybersecurity requirements for its cloud services providers. The changes come after ProPublica revealed how Microsoft\u2019s use of China-based engineers left sensitive government data vulnerable to hacking.<\/h2>  <\/div>  <\/div>   <div class=\"wp-block-group p-article-meta-1 p-article-meta-1--left is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"> <div class=\"p-article-meta-1__byline wp-block-propublica-byline\"> <div class=\"wp-block-propublica-byline__photos\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/maxinefilmes.com\/odelator\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"wp-block-propublica-byline__photo-link\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/renee-dudley.jpg?w=50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/renee-dudley.jpg?w=50 1x, https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/renee-dudley.jpg?w=100 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-propublica-byline__photo\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\"> <\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"wp-block-propublica-byline__right\"> <div class=\"wp-block-propublica-byline__content\"> <span class=\"wp-block-propublica-byline-text\">by <\/span><span class=\"wp-block-propublica-byline-profile\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maxinefilmes.com\/odelator\/\">Renee Dudley<\/a><\/span>\t\t<\/div> <\/div> <\/div>   <div class=\"p-article-meta-1__pubdate wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-09-19T05:00:00-04:00\">September 19, 2025, 5:00 am<\/time><\/div>   <div class=\"wp-block-group p-article-meta-1__section-actions p-article-meta-1__section-actions--left is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">  <div class=\"wp-block-group p-article-meta-1__section-actions-container is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">         <div style=\"display: contents\"> <!--[--><div class=\"share-tools\" data-pp-click=\"\" data-pp-location=\"share tools\"><!--[--><!--[--><!--$s1--><!--[0--><div class=\"svelte-1ear6bd button--circle\" style=\"display: contents; 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Sign up to receive <a href=\"https:\/\/maxinefilmes.com\/odelator\/\">our biggest stories<\/a> as soon as they\u2019re published.<\/p>  <\/div> <\/div> <\/aside>   <div class=\"entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\"> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Happened<\/h3>    <p>The Defense Department has tightened cybersecurity requirements for tech companies that sell cloud computing services to the Pentagon.<\/p>    <p>The updates, issued this month, ban IT vendors from using China-based personnel to work on department computer systems and require companies to maintain a digital paper trail of maintenance performed by their foreign engineers.<\/p>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h3>    <p>The changes follow a ProPublica investigation that exposed <a href=\"https:\/\/maxinefilmes.com\/odelator\/\">how Microsoft used China-based engineers<\/a> to maintain government computer systems for nearly a decade \u2014 a practice that left some of the country\u2019s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary.<\/p>    <p>U.S.-based supervisors, known as \u201cdigital escorts,\u201d were supposed to serve as a check on these foreign employees, but we found they often lacked the expertise needed to effectively supervise engineers with far more advanced technical skills.<\/p>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What They Said<\/h3>    <p>The Defense Department now says in its \u201c<a href=\"#\" data-broken-external-link=\"true\">Security Requirements Guide<\/a>\u201d that only \u201cpersonnel from non-adversarial countries\u201d may work on its cloud systems and that the escorts supervising those foreign workers \u201cmust be technically qualified in the code\/system or technology they are providing access to.\u201d<\/p>    <p>In addition, cloud providers must maintain detailed audit logs, a digital trail of actions in computer systems. The logs \u201cmust include identification of the escort and escorted,\u201d including country of origin, as well as details of commands executed and settings changed.<\/p> <div class=\"p-hide-print p-bb--size-full wp-block-propublica-ad-slot\"> <div id=\"bsa-zone_1760102005055-6_123456\"><\/div> <\/div>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why It Matters<\/h3>    <p>Until our reporting, top Pentagon officials said they had been unaware of Microsoft\u2019s digital escort system, which the company developed as a work-around to a Defense Department requirement that people handling sensitive data be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.<\/p>    <p>Cybersecurity and intelligence experts have told ProPublica that the arrangement poses major risks to national security, given that laws in China grant the country\u2019s officials broad authority to collect data. Leading members of Congress, in turn, have called on the Defense Department to strengthen its security requirements while blasting Microsoft for <a href=\"#\" data-broken-external-link=\"true\">what some Republicans called \u201ca national betrayal.\u201d<\/a><\/p>    <p>The Pentagon is now conducting <a href=\"https:\/\/maxinefilmes.com\/odelator\/\">an investigation into the digital escort program<\/a>, with a focus on Microsoft\u2019s China-based engineers.<\/p>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Response<\/h3>    <p>Following ProPublica\u2019s reporting, Microsoft announced in July that <a href=\"https:\/\/maxinefilmes.com\/odelator\/\">it would stop using China-based engineers<\/a> to service Defense Department cloud systems. In a statement for this article, a spokesperson said the company was committed to implementing the department\u2019s new requirements.<\/p>    <p>\u201cOur commitment to national security is foundational, and we remain focused on providing the most secure services possible to the US government,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cWe recently implemented changes to our Department support model, and will continue to work with our national security partners to evaluate and adjust our security protocols in light of the new directives.\u201d<\/p>    <div class=\"wp-block-propublica-lead-in bb--size-medium p-bb--size-medium\">  <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read More<\/h3>   <div class=\"wp-block-propublica-story-promo\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/maxinefilmes.com\/odelator\/\" class=\"story-promo\"> <div class=\"story-promo__art\"> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"306\" 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The logs \u201cmust include identification of the escort and escorted,\u201d including country of origin, as well as details of commands executed and settings changed.&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;Why It Matters&lt;\/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Until our reporting, top Pentagon officials said they had been unaware of Microsoft\u2019s digital escort system, which the company developed as a work-around to a Defense Department requirement that people handling sensitive data be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Cybersecurity and intelligence experts have told ProPublica that the arrangement poses major risks to national security, given that laws in China grant the country\u2019s officials broad authority to collect data. 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