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Donald Trump signed into law this month a measure that 👉 prohibits anyone based in China and "other adversarial countries" from accessing the Pentagon’s cloud computing systems.
The ban, which is tucked inside the $900 billion defense policy law,
was enacted in response to a ProPublica investigation this year that exposed how Microsoft used China-based engineers to service the
Defense Department’s computer systems for nearly a decade
— a practice that left some of the country’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary.U.S.-based supervisors, known as “#digital #escorts,” were supposed to serve as a check on these foreign employees,
🔥but we found they often lacked the expertise needed to effectively supervise engineers with far more advanced technical skills.In the wake of the reporting, leading members of Congress called on the Defense Department to strengthen its security requirements
while blasting Microsoft for what some Republicans called “a national betrayal.”
Cybersecurity and intelligence experts have told ProPublica that the arrangement posed major risks to national security -- given that laws in China grant the country’s officials broad authority to collect data.Microsoft pledged in July to stop using China-based engineers to service Pentagon cloud systems
after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly condemned the practice.
“Foreign engineers — from any country, including of course China — should NEVER be allowed to maintain or access DoD systems,” Hegseth wrote on X.In September, the Pentagon updated its cybersecurity requirements for tech contractors,
banning IT vendors from using China-based personnel to work on Defense Department computer systems.
The new law effectively codifies that change, requiring Hegseth to prohibit individuals from:
China, Russia, Iran and North Korea
from having direct or indirect access to Defense Department cloud computing systems.Microsoft declined to comment on the new law. Following the earlier changes, a spokesperson said the company would “work with our national security partners to evaluate and adjust our security protocols in light of the new directives.”
Rep. Elise Stefanik, a Republican who serves on the House Armed Service Committee, celebrated the development,
saying it “closes contractor loopholes … following the discovery that companies like Microsoft exploited” them.Sen. Tom Cotton, the GOP chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence who has been critical of the tech giant, also heralded the legislation, saying it
“includes much-needed efforts to protect our nation’s critical infrastructure, which is threatened by Communist China and other foreign adversaries.”The legislation also bolsters congressional oversight of the Pentagon’s cybersecurity practices,
mandating that the secretary brief the congressional defense committees on the changes no later than June 1, 2026.
After that, such briefings will take place annually for the next three years,
including updates on the “effectiveness of controls, security incidents, and recommendations for legislative or administrative action.”https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-microsoft-digital-escort-ban-china
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I admit, however, that it's a lot easier to do when you can't afford her too often and she's a whole ocean away from where you live. Vacation trysts are truly the best, in more ways than one...
Painting is Viktor Karlovich Shtember's "Sirens by the Sea".
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Well...I took my own advice and hired myself an escort (twice)...and I'm honest-to-goodness falling for her. No worries, though, about "the girlfriend experience" being perhaps a bit *too* good; I'm taking my own advice again and just enjoying it for what it is.
Painting is John William Waterhouse's "Dolce far Niente".
#vacation #travel #escorts #dating #prostitution #sex #love #romance #life #thoughts #self #art #traditionalart #painting #oilpainting #beautifulwoman #beautifulgirl
