‘It’s Over,’ Hegseth Says of Chinese Nationals Writing Code for Pentagon’s Cloud Systems

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Trump administration has brought to an end Microsoft’s employment of Chinese nationals to write code for sensitive Pentagon cloud systems. Hegseth said in a video address posted on X  that “the use of Chinese nationals to serve the Department of Defense’s cloud environment—it’s over.” Hegseth gave his initial findings after Microsoft was issued a formal complaint for a “breach of trust” over its Obama-Biden era program, called “digital escorts,” that had been running for almost a decade. “We expect vendors dealing with the Department of Defense to put U.S. national security ahead of profit maximalization,” Hegseth said....