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Hack of 60,000 customers won t affect Microsoft s cozy relationship with CCP Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and Chinese premier Li Keqiang in 2017 (Thomas Peter/AFP via Getty Images)
March 9, 2021 5:20 PM
Microsoft responded to a Chinese government hack that compromised more than 60,000 of its customers by expanding operations in the repressive regime.
Microsoft acknowledged on March 2 that Chinese state-sponsored hackers used vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange s software to install malware and access the emails of thousands of victims. The tech company has nevertheless barreled forward in its Chinese business plan, announcing on March 4 that it will expand its cloud computing service Azure. The move is meant to empower Chinese citizens, who live in a country with some of the most heavily censored and monitored webspace in the world.