On wall street. Squawk alley is live. Good morning, and welcome to squawk alley on this new years eve. Im kayla. With me simon hobbs. Good morning. Joining us from one market in San Francisco, founder and editor in chief at the information, also a cnbc contributor, jessica lessin. Good friday to you. Or good thursday to you, rather. Its not quite new years yet, but soon. Its a short week, so its easy to get a little bit confused. First, jessica, microsoft says it will now inform customers if Government Agencies are trying to hack into their accounts. It comes after a reuters report that the company chose not to tell thousands of hot mail users that their accounts were hacked by the chinese government. Reports say microsoft found evidence of these attacks back in 2011, but, rather than informing users, it simply asked them to change their password. It was reuters that reported this originally and reached out to the company for comment. Is there precedent for Something Like this . How do