{"id":7509,"date":"2025-08-29T23:25:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T03:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/?p=7509"},"modified":"2025-08-29T22:29:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T02:29:57","slug":"pentagon-ends-chinese-coder-access-to-dod-cloud-after-security-outcry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/pentagon-ends-chinese-coder-access-to-dod-cloud-after-security-outcry\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon ends Chinese coder access to DoD cloud after security outcry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an immediate end to the use of Chinese nationals coding for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pentagon.co.in\/cloud-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Pentagon cloud systems<\/a>, calling the practice a \u201cvulnerability\u201d that never should have existed. Microsoft, a key DoD contractor, is auditing its work with Chinese engineers while the <a href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/microsoft-cuts-china-out-of-pentagon-cloud-loop-amid-rising-security-alarm\/\">Pentagon<\/a> launches a parallel probe. Officials now face urgent questions: did foreign coders slip unseen risks into U.S. defense infrastructure?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an immediate end to the use of Chinese nationals coding for Pentagon cloud systems, calling the practice a \u201cvulnerability\u201d that never should have existed. Microsoft, a key DoD contractor, is auditing its work with Chinese engineers while the Pentagon launches a parallel probe. 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