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Pentagon ends Chinese coder access to DoD cloud after security outcry

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an immediate end to the use of Chinese nationals coding for Pentagon cloud systems, calling the practice a “vulnerability” that never should have existed. Microsoft, a key DoD contractor, is auditing its work with Chinese engineers while the Pentagon launches a parallel probe. Officials now face urgent questions: did foreign coders slip unseen risks into U.S. defense infrastructure?

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