NEW: The Pentagon issued a “letter of concern” to Microsoft over the company’s use of China-based engineers to maintain sensitive government computer systems. The DOD is now investigating whether any of those employees have compromised national security. By @reneedudley.bsky.social
Read @reneedudley.bsky.social's original exposé of Microsoft's "digital escort" system. (Published July 15)
Next, Trump will insist in a 10% stake in Microsoft.
The fines could be ginormous
Safe to assume at this point.
Do they have any acquisitions teed up that need regulatory approval?
Don't give him any ideas!
"could" == DID.
they are inept and it’s dangerous
So, in addition to selling shitty software and shitty hardware, Microsoft sells shitty meatware too?
How many Trump products are made in China again? Anyone?
But giving the S Afrikkkan leader of DOGE unfettered access to everyone’s SS data was 👍
The call is coming from inside the house!!
TELL KEGGER HE'S NEXT ON THE CHOP/BLOCK...HEADS HAVE TO ROLL OR WE WILL LOSE EVEYTHING
Maybe maybe not. But gutting our Intelligence and shutting down our Foreign Interference Cyber operations...... CERTAINLY COMPROMISES NATIONAL SECURITY.
Oh that’s rich! 🙄
Would be terrible if sensitive data weren't handled with the utmost care. www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n... I bet 10% of the company stock directly to the Trump crime syndicate would smooth the affair over.
Oh. Where is the data DOGE stole from Social Security?
The greatest threat to national security is trump and his administration,
And doge stored our ssn on an unsecured server. And hegseth posted war plans in a public place
Yet no concern about DOGE?
Microsoft should maybe, Ohh I don't know -- maybe update the DOD's software
This piece of ship rapist, Sec Def has compromised us multiple Times already
They're gonna bomb Microsoft, aren't they? Make sure they get that Microsoft Store first. Online Support should be a secondary target. 🎯 😂
I trust China-based engineers like 1,000 times more than I trust Hegseth.
LOL pot kettle
Lol, like it matters at this point, jeesh
The DOD is run by an incompetent little tyrant. Should we be surprised that breaches keep happening under his... whatever. [sorry. I just can't say "leadership" with Hegseth.
Wow "China-based" says it all.
THE PRESIDENT HAS COMPROMISED SECURITY. ffs
You have to laugh out loud at this when the current secdef violated every basic security rule and continues to do so.
Exactly!!
"Compromised national security" ? Like the signal chat?...
Chinese engineers are more trustworthy than DOGE brose. #DOGE = criminals
600,000 Chinese students? What is that then?
The long nose of the law.
10% shareholder expresses concern way above 10% influence;-)
All of a sudden “security” is an issue for him?
Maybe they should call that hotel in Alaska too about confidential documents left in public printer during the Summit
And they’ll talk about it on signal.
I hope they didn't use a Signal account or anything...
Probably just want 10% of the company to make the investigation go away.
Businesses can work with whoever they want, with the best prices for that business....you can't control where businesses do business!! 🙄🤦♀️
🙃😂😂 kegstand??? yeah I'll pass till we replace him with a grown up, non alcholic and qualified leader
Says the man from signalgate
Ahahahaha. Haha.
Didn't Elonia and his young hackers just steal 3m SS numbers?
Compromised NatSec worse than Hegseth?? Pffffft. I trust nothing coming out of this clown show of an administration.
Who’s taking advice from this zipper head? Didn’t he publish classified information???
Yeah, look at Mr Signal gate for your answers.
So, in Hegseth speak, the DOD is now intending to violate these systems. Got it.
They're hungry after they ate Intel.
This vile pos pedophile is slowly being torn down brick by brick so his war monger friends can take ownership Where’s Luigi
Didn't Trump just give all our info to Russia through DOGE? Yes he did.
Start with Hegseth. He probably left something open
That's pretty rich.
Disinformation, lies, projection and/or gaslighting—every accusation is a confession with these MAGA fascists.
I’m more concerned about the drunk in charge of DoD.
Well, darn, I guess they’re just gonna have to go back to a Linux system; for all their devices. Main frames for everyone!
If only the fucks in charge of the DoD didn't fire the Americans maintaining said systems to hire contractors that they're now bitching about
We don’t have to worry about China, Hegseth is doing a great job of destroying the US from within by honoring the confederacy.
How long do you give before the government takes a stake in Microsoft like they did with Intel. Land of the free but very much like China now.
An investigation Hegseth will be conducting over Signal. bsky.app/profile/prop...
They should worry about Hegseth and his family. And Tulsi Gabbard. What a clueless bunch of ass kissers.
Yeah, compromising national security is Hegseth's job!
This whole goddamn administration has compromised our national security.
A minor correction, if I may: regime, not administration. What is happening in our government is not administration. #indivisible
Valid point
The Pentagon is led by a serial leaker.
Let me guess how this works. Maybe a few shares in the company might make that pesky investigation go away, right?
Ha ha ha ha ha but they let muskrat & boys raid the gov info?
Not mad about this. Might be the first legitimate National Security effort Trump has made.
Time for another protection payment. “Nice company you got here. It would be a shame if something happened to it.”
The guy who gave away military secrets on a Signal chat is concerned about security? Sounds like something a drunk at the end of the bar would say at closing time. Sounds like something Hegseth would say.
Rumor has it Hegseth is looking puffy because he's been celebrating a little too much with his close buddies?
Nothing a few million in contribribes to Dear Leader can't make go away.
Hegseth has compromised national security and is stupid and dangerous and a religious nut case
What's that about closing the barn door after...these boobs need to face consequences. Never before has such rank incompetence been held up as blase, a blip or not that important by so many who would have raked drama over the coals. This is natsec shit, of the highest possible importance.
*Dems over the coals
Lol, now do starlink 🤪
All work was done over Signal with Hegseth approval. 👊🇺🇸💥
Maybe America might try to educate everyone. Not just the inbred rich white nazi pedophiles. Maybe incarcerate those fools
Another shakedown coming right up.
Trump at work..
The whose going to similarly investigate the DOD?
But the Musk boys wasn't a breach of security?
Should Microsoft payoff the fine directly to Heg or Don?
What a joke. 🙄
Just following Hegseth’s lead since he shared classified data over Signal. How did that investigation go?
What about using signal to discuss attack plans putting 🇺🇸 service members at risk? What about carelessly accidentally adding a reporter? What about not checking who's on a chat where you share battle plans? Is that a breach of trust? Or is it cute when you do it? Seems to be the Trump admin motto.
I heard some of them used chat on their smartphones!! 🤣
Excuse me but.....🤣🤣😂😜
The Pentagon should start by cleaning house of Hegseth and Donvict cronies. Don’t they have a lot of guns or something…. ?
That’s Rich! From a guy who headed everything in a Signals Chat!
But the so called president has compromised national security…🤔
For more info join Signal
Thank goodness, Pete Hegseth, that much-documented stickler for security protocols, is in charge. We can sleep easy tonight.
The pot calls the kettle...
The Trump administration has compromised National security more than anyone with their incompetent cabinet.
A minor correction, if I may: regime, not administration. What is happening in our government is not administration. #indivisible
Right! Close the barn door, NOW! (Thanks, ProPublica!) Microsoft ends use of China-based engineers to patch DOD systems - Nextgov/FCW share.google/prX2PxkqTgFt...
politicalamericans.com/pete-hegseth...
This Administration is the biggest threat to our government security!
A minor correction, if I may: regime, not administration. What is happening in our government is not administration. #indivisible
Agree completely!
The guy who used signal????
Epstein files?
Kegstand is this largest breach the DOD has ever seen
Letter of Concern??? Heads should ROLL. Billion Dollar Fine.
Irony is officially dead.
Musk compromised national security
Have they investigated US defense contractors for hiring mostly Russian, Chinese, and Indian immigrants?
You mean like texting top secret classified information to a reporter during a military operation or outing an undercover CIA agent ..that kind of national security threat?
This is *way* worse. The two aren't comparable if ProPublica's reporting is even partially true. SignalGate was one bit of classified info. This could be a breach of mountains of classified info, not to mention everyone's financial data, SSNs, bank accounts, debts owed, credit reports, you name it.
Can we say Musk stole all of the government’s data
Of course, but ultimately all he wanted was data on unionization efforts at Tesla. Again. ALL OF THIS IS BAD. But it’s shocking that so many people are like ‘This is no big deal. Trump bad.’ Multiple things can be true.
Maybe the DOD needs to investigate DOGE.
Look, I hate all these Nazis too, but Chinese intelligence possibly installing rootkits into DoD servers as well as those of DoJ, Treasury, and Commerce is a national security nightmare that, yes, can affect you personally. It's a much bigger issue than Big Balls at DOGE, sorry.
You mean like Hegseth did?
From those who compromise our national security daily..
Did they send it from their Signal chat?
What a shit show
The investigators should start with Hegseth if they’ll be looking for threats to national security.
Finally doing his job
Oh FFS
Loose Lips Hegseth Rides Again! Think what Xi, Kim & Putin will get to talk about when they meet next week. After the high-fives, they'll decide how to help trump & MAGAs disassemble US
We're trusting Hegseth with this. He couldn't manage a Signal chat.
what a joke
And they're not concerned that their commander-in-chief is a Russian asset? Oh, yeah, and a pedophile? EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN
National security has already been compromised by FUCKING SUBHUMAN NAZI MOTHERFUCKERS.
I'm sure the Tech Bros are just thrilled to do the bidding of Pedo Prez!
Says a guy who openly post war plans to the world.
If they work for Zuckerberg it’s highly likely it’s all been compromised
what could go wrong?🙄
They’re just finding out now that there are incompetent people working at the Pentagon and DoD?!? I call 🐂💩!!
How about investigating the Russian spy who has infiltrated the White House?!
So we're the Hegseth Signal chats. Who is investigating*that*?
Compromised security, huh, Pete? Just look in the mirror and you will see the culprit!!!!
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Did you hear about this on a Hegseth Signal chat?
Just give them all student visas and we’ll be cool.
Says the administration that just announced 600,000 Chinese students would be allowed into the US
Yeah, Gates should hire teenage technogeeks from Russia, not China.
🤣🤣🤣 you go Pete- continue to deplete US military and national security- but who knows sadly Microsoft might cave and present another 'gold' bar to the felon in chief
More of the usual incompetence from Hegseth. BTW, he does a security check on his Chinese food.
Jesus.
Funny. Given Kegsbreath is compromised.
Drunkseth is a national concern. The drunk asshole should, like ALL of this cabinet, be fired.
Finally
Make sure Hegseth gets the message out on Signal.
I wonder how much $ it will cost them to continue doing business as usual. Intel paid 10%. Can I hear 20%?
Maybe the Pentagon shouldn't be outsourcing critical systems.
As opposed to the traditional Russian engineers.
That man (Hegehog) wears more makeup than Klownrin Leavitt.
Holy shit you mean there's Chinese spies at both Microsoft and Mar a Lago.
This is a total joke! Hegseth has compromised national security multiple times. Can we say #signalgate?
Typical lefties.. blame Pete and Trump even though this issue proceeds them.. and cannot give credit for Pere and Trump to address the issue. Deranged
So, russians in Doge, but no chinese?
One would "think" Doug Burgum would be a handy liaison to the troubles.
foreignpolicy.com/2019/03/12/9...
Really? I guess better late than never. 🤤
Worried way more about maga and musk than China 🇨🇳
Investigate Zuckerburg — he’s in league with China, too.
After being infected and having networks compromised drunk Pete blames MS
From the individual who conducted meetings in real time on unsecured lines with at least one unauthorized individual, detailing actual military actions? Seriously?
Hegseth is an existential threat to our men & women in uniform. Our enemies have never seen such a moron leading our armed forces. You have to wonder if our enemies are seriously considering if this is the moment to pounce on us.
NOW this marmoset is worried about ‘Operational Security’?… After running his mouth to THE WORLD on SignalChat???… Now… … … He’s… ‘Worried’…
Just a ploy to get money, stock!
LOL!!! Really??
signal gate ?
Hegseth's crew investigating "compromised national security"? Ha! That's rich.
Maybe while they’re at it they can look into the unholy mess DOGE made.
What a joke.
Maybe you should find out how many Chinese nationals work at Amazon. Hint, far more than Microsoft and Amazon is the largest store of government classified data.
The real crime is that they didn't buy any meme coin for the info.
DOGE beat the Chinese to all that info. Also Hegseth has shared sensitive info with no consequences. Talk about hypocrites.
At this point "national security" is an oxymoron.
Well they should start by firing the guy at the top who decided it was ok to publish attack/war plans on a public app.
So, another distraction What happened this time? R the files going to be released?
bc they’re so good at spotting national security holes
What, was there indication Hegseth was chatting with them via WhatsApp?
You mean like Musk’s team that stole all our information? Investigate that!!!!!!
Exactly all our social security numbers in an unsecure cloud service. Hope their data is stolen first by hackers in DOD and Clown 🤡 Cabinet
Whiskey Pete is gonna investigate people for mishandling information ? 🤔
Cool. How you doing on those Epstein files?
Is Parler a Microsoft product?
They just push everyone around to meet their psychotic standard.
I guess they want to put DOGE staff in there instead.
Hey HogSlop, why aren't you concerned about the Muskrat sending in professional grade hackers to all of our government agencies to steal all of the information? Elmo's hackers had all of the data since February, and copies of everything is on their unsecured servers now, for their own use.
JFC😒
Protection money will be the next step. The Mobster at work!
Pete “Sugnal-gate” Hegseth wouldn’t know a security breach if it was him…
ZOMG this was on your watch you piece of shit. gbhackers.com/doge-alleged...
Microsoft do you say the Pedophile wants?
The Pentagon is headed by a Fox news host.
Oh, the MF irony.
I can’t help but wonder if they have any remaining qualified investigators. I think they just say stuff.
No breech of national security was greater than allowing Trump back into the White House.
These guys have no self awareness. Compromised, compromised, the whole administration is compromised.
clowns fucking clowns from fox tv propoganda it's a coup and this is the end of American democracy
That's almost as bad as Schumer writing a strongly worded letter to DJT, or Booker taking to the Senate floor to run his yapper for 25 hours.
Why don’t they check DOGE & MUSK FIRST! Especially Big Balls with his direct connection with Putin????
Is China the biggest threat to our liberty and safety, or Washington?
Uphold The Constitution 24/7/365.
A Constitution doesn’t grant us our rights, it’s an imperfect attempt to delineate them. It’s not infallible. It failed. This is what the terminal failure of the Constitution & Republic looks like. But we can pick up the pieces & rebuild. Rights aren’t granted, they’re exercised or surrendered. 🏋️🏴
Uphold The Constitution! in hopes of arousing the American Soul.
🪔🗽
We have a Russia compromised president ffs their concerned about engineers 🤦♀️
JFC!
I’m more worried about Big Balls thrashing my identity over some Chinese CS nerds that were most definitely monitored, both physically and remotely.
This administration has breached trust and concern!
That ship sailed on day one when pardoned the J6 insurrectionist.
A minor correction, if I may: regime, not administration. What is happening in our government is not administration. #indivisible
True.
It’s a Clown 🤡 Cabinet. Full of fools.
I want to see if anybody has compromised national security... Just check signal.
So now Bill Gates or whoever runs the company now going to give up 10% of the company and the problem goes away?
Y’a think? Think the Chinese didn’t take advantage of this? Think they didn’t try to steal all the source code from google and Cisco? Think again.
Sounds like another corporate shakedown
Agreed
We have an idiot that is running the Pentagon, and he wants to investigate Microsoft. What a joke. He texted sensitive information through an unsecured account several times. I worry more about what information he may have put out.
Only tRump is allowed to compromise national security
Uh, and you guys are already investigating the biggest security leak in the DOD, right? Hegseth!
Maybe first take real issue with the head uses non secure devices to send information all the time.
