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US auditing Chinese involvement in cloud services, defence chief says

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2025 [Mandel Ngan/AFP]

The United States has launched a review of Chinese nationals’ involvement in managing sensitive cloud services for the US military, Washington’s defence chief has said.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that he had ordered an audit of Microsoft’s use of Chinese citizens to help manage sensitive cloud services to determine if any security breaches had occurred.

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