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- Microsoft’s Quiet 'Digital Escort' Model: A New Espionage Threat to Sensitive U.S. Data?
Microsoft’s Quiet 'Digital Escort' Model: A New Espionage Threat to Sensitive U.S. Data?
A ProPublica investigation revealed that a Microsoft program puts Pentagon computer systems at risk of cyberattacks from China—America’s top cyber threat.
4 Pillars Emergency Contracting Consortium
July 20, 2025
The report found that Microsoft relies on engineers based in China, instructing U.S. “digital escorts” with limited technical know-how to enter their commands into military systems, potentially exposing some of the government's most sensitive data to foreign hackers.