Microsoft Security Breaches Rile U.S. Government Customers

Microsoft became the world’s biggest seller of cybersecurity software by bundling it with Office and Teams apps. But after a series of hacks exploited that software in the past year, several of Microsoft’s biggest customers are considering whether their reliance on Microsoft’s software bundle puts their security at risk.

The clearest sign that Microsoft may face real consequences for its security lapses can be seen in Washington. After the company disclosed last summer that Chinese hackers had broken into customers’ …

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