{"id":865721,"date":"2025-08-16T21:15:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T02:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/16\/microsofts-digital-escort-program-could-leave-sensitive-government-info-vulnerable-to-espionage-heres-what-to-know\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T21:15:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T02:15:32","slug":"microsofts-digital-escort-program-could-leave-sensitive-government-info-vulnerable-to-espionage-heres-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/16\/microsofts-digital-escort-program-could-leave-sensitive-government-info-vulnerable-to-espionage-heres-what-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s \u201cDigital Escort\u201d Program Could Leave Sensitive Government Info Vulnerable to Espionage. Here\u2019s What to Know."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by ProPublica                <\/p>\n<p>                ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they\u2019re published.<\/p>\n<p>For nearly a decade, Microsoft has used engineers in China to help maintain highly sensitive Defense Department computer systems. ProPublica\u2019s investigation reveals how a model that relies on \u201cdigital escorts\u201d to oversee foreign tech support could leave some of the nation\u2019s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/microsoft-digital-escort-china-government-data-takeaways\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n by ProPublica<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they\u2019re published. For nearly a decade, Microsoft has used engineers in China to help maintain highly sensitive Defense Department computer systems. ProPublica\u2019s investigation reveals how a model that relies on \u201cdigital escorts\u201d to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":865722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22067,4308,192],"tags":[6541,6123],"class_list":{"0":"post-865721","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-digital","8":"category-microsofts","9":"category-sports","10":"tag-digital","11":"tag-microsofts"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}