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Microsoft is one of the largest tech providers for the American government. That\u2019s in spite of the company\u2019s cozy ties with China and its products\u2019 numerous security risks. It\u2019s also a company with a noted left-wing bias, which puts it at odds with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

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The tech giant\u2019s current relationship with the government doesn\u2019t put the nation first, but that may soon change. The American Accountability Foundation (AAF) on the Department of Justice to review Microsoft\u2019s many problems and reassess the government\u2019s relationship with the company.<\/p>\n

Microsoft has caught the eye of someone very important in the administration. The president lashed out last year at the company for hiring Lisa Monaco, a former Biden official. \u201cMonaco has been shockingly hired as the President of Global Affairs for Microsoft, in a very senior role with access to Highly Sensitive Information,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social. \u201cMonaco\u2019s having that kind of access is unacceptable, and cannot be allowed to stand. She is a menace to U.S. National Security, especially given the major contracts that Microsoft has with the United States Government.\u201d<\/p>\n

Monaco\u2019s role at Microsoft is one of the reasons AAF wants the government to look into its relationship with the tech giant. According to the group\u2019s report, then-Deputy Attorney General Monaco played a key role in the Biden administration\u2019s ignoring Microsoft\u2019s security risks and vulnerabilities. Monaco isn\u2019t the only Biden official with close ties to Microsoft. There are five others with senior roles in both the previous administration and the company. Many of them worked on Microsoft-related matters while in the government. This raises obvious ethical issues.<\/p>\n

Microsoft\u2019s security risks and vulnerabilities are numerous, according to AAF:<\/p>\n

Between 2019 and 2023, Microsoft suffered five major cyber intrusions perpetrated by Russian intelligence services, Chinese state-sponsored actors, and Russian cybercriminal groups. Taken together, the intrusions were among the most damaging series of breaches of U.S. government information systems in American history. Those intrusions penetrated the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Departments of Treasury, State, Commerce, and Justice, as well as the National Security Council and numerous other federal agencies. They resulted in the theft of tens of thousands of government emails, including correspondence from the U.S. Ambassador to China, the Secretary of Commerce, and senior Microsoft executives themselves.<\/p>\n

A 2024 Cyber Safety Review Board assessment found that Microsoft\u2019s security culture was \u201cinadequate\u201d and that a number of breaches had taken place because of the company\u2019s inattentiveness to its \u201ccascade of security failures.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Microsoft has been repeatedly warned about its systemic vulnerabilities, but has done little to correct them. Maybe the company believes its employment of several government officials ensures they\u2019ll continue to receive contracts regardless of the risks.<\/p>\n

As American Greatness has previously reported, the tech giant has a disturbingly close relationship with China, raising even further security concerns. Elements of the Chinese military and intelligence apparatuses have access to critical Microsoft technology. The company also has partnerships with Chinese institutions that develop security tech for the CCP. It\u2019s clear that this connection can lead to Chinese agents getting hold of critical information relating to our national security and the technology we depend on.<\/p>\n

To ensure the national interest, not Microsoft\u2019s interests, is put first, AAF wants the government to do a thorough review of its relationship with the company and the revolving door between it and federal employment.<\/p>\n

\u201cPublic confidence in federal cybersecurity, in federal contracting, and in the impartial administration of federal law enforcement depends on the willingness of the institutions named in this letter to ask hard questions when the public record suggests they should be asked,\u201d AAF states.<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t let the deals and agreements made by past Democratic administrations dictate our nation\u2019s future, especially when they present risks to our national security.<\/p>\n

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