DoD has outsourced some of its most sensitive IT maintenance to Microsoft engineers located in mainland China, granting them access to Pentagon systems for nearly a decade.
Posted by maritimos75@reddit | PrepperIntel | View on Reddit | 56 comments
Upstairs-Parsley3151@reddit
This isn't surprising and had been public knowledge for years
Effective-Ebb-2805@reddit
Wow... that's smart! The most incompetent, amateur administration in history. One could be forgiven for thinking that they're deliberately weakening the US, just so they can concentrate power on the president's desk. Total control, total responsibility...which it will never accept.
maritimos75@reddit (OP)
10 years ago was Obama.
Sad-Surround-4778@reddit
r/SelfAwarewolves moment right there.
TheActualDonKnotts@reddit
Three more years+ of this buffoonery to look forward to.
SNappy_snot15@reddit
hell on earth, eh?
maritimos75@reddit (OP)
Started with Obama. He signed off. Read the article
ElephantContent8835@reddit
Man. There is dumb and then there is DUMB. I thought these idiots were supposed to be in charge of security.
maritimos75@reddit (OP)
Pete just hinted on X that there will be prosecution.
ZlatanKabuto@reddit
I mean it seems unavoidable to me
Raygaholic420@reddit
They gonna prosecute Pete sooner or later too.
maritimos75@reddit (OP)
Why?
Raygaholic420@reddit
Its kind of a big deal when the secretary of Defense adds an reporter to his war plans group chat. Once the absolute lawlessness of this administration is over there will be a reckoning. And lots of prosecution. Anyone else did that shit , ot wouldn't have just ended the Sec Defs career it would have ended the presidents too.
maritimos75@reddit (OP)
Tin foil hat either TDS again?
CrispusAttix@reddit
So you're saying you support the blatant disregard of law and established protocol by the current administration?
MalRey93@reddit
We are at war. Time won't do the job you speak of. If you think it will, time will be over for the procrastination you sold yourself.
maritimos75@reddit (OP)
Thats an A and B conversation with raygaholic…..so C your way out.
Raygaholic420@reddit
Sure Bro. Now imagine how incandescent with rage you would be if it was Lloyd Austin. Double standard having bitch. Call it TDS all you want. You're the ones who can't parse reality.
maritimos75@reddit (OP)
I read the texts and no secret info was there that would have caused any harm to anyone.
Uncommented-Code@reddit
Oh yeah thank god they are going to prosecute these people being neglient with classified information and using insecure means of communications.
AAHHAHAH.
MaliciousTent@reddit
I suspect less dumb and more greed here.
khir0n@reddit
Oh, we really have been bought by China. Wow
Chogo82@reddit
Sounds like the DOD gave up after China stole f22 f35 designs and served any additional intel up in a gold platter.
scaredoftoasters@reddit
It's because the people in power are narcissistic ego driven nut jobs. They can't help but love their racism and hate for the Chinese rise. The Chinese think very long term yeah sure they have problems every country does. But what they've been able to do for their people and country is very impressive. What did the Americans think labeling East Asian people and Chinese people as smart, good at tech, Mathematics, & science what did they think an entire country of 1.3billion of them would be capable of? These stupid idiots chasing dollars are gonna be the reason the USA is in the shitter in the next 10-20 years. On a fundamental level the United States of America must change for the people. FDRs "socialist" policies helped the American people of that time. Now we need something to boost all of us. But nah the politicians, billionaires, and military industrial complex would rather wage war and clean up the "axis of resistance" China, Iran, North Korea, & Russia. What happens next a nuclear Holocaust? Oh well all the billionaires got their big bunkers in New Zealand etc.
DeepDreamIt@reddit
This seems to ignore that China's defense budget has increased 63% since Xi took power in 2012, increased active-duty forces to 2 million, increased its shipbuilding capacity to three times that of the US, and doubled their nuclear arsenal, which is expected to double again by 2030. They have added over 600 4th/5th-gen combat aircraft.
In short, they have had a complete transformation across budget, personnel, naval power, missile/nuclear capability, air, and digital domain. Xi has told the PLA to "be ready" by 2027 to invade Taiwan by force, "if necessary."
The US, if it abandons Taiwan during a Chinese invasion -- just ignoring the common TSMC talking point here -- what does that say to our other allies in the region, such as South Korea, Japan, Phillipines, etc.? They would probably think, when it comes down to it, US security guarantees don't mean a lot, and that line of thinking could lead them to re-examine their interests and decide to align more with China, since they wouldn't be able to stop China on their own and know it would require US help, which may not be there since we didn't even help Taiwan despite it's massive value to semiconductor production (the 21st century oil). That could cause massive realignments.
In short, it's almost unthinkable the US wouldn't defend Taiwan in some way, which would open hostilities between the US and China.
I'm not going to praise and prop up a country that seems to be preparing for a war with mine.
crusoe@reddit
China has no true 4/5th gen fighters. Even their latest models are behing the 30+ year old f22.
scaredoftoasters@reddit
A war with China ends the world. In order for the United States of America to be even greater in the future it needs to invest in its people, infrastructure, and economic equality. These narcissistic politicians decision makers forget, but a nation isn't anything without its people. The moment a country forgets that and lacks investing in its people is the day it's over. The USA GDP is the highest it's ever been and for what? The widening gap between the rich and the poor gets larger and larger. People are being laid off from white collar jobs that should have some level of security for AI and off shoring. The fact of the matter is the United States of America needs to do more for the people at home to be at its strongest. China is no saint and never will be. But if they plan on taking Taiwan will the USA risk a ww3? China taking Taiwan means they'll help Iran activate conflict in the strait of Hormuz. North Korea gets ready to attack South Korea. The United States of America will have to think very deeply if they want to proceed with a world war conflict. The United States of America is already moving TSMC and pushing for more investment in semiconductors inside of the USA. At best they'll try supplying Taiwan with weapons like how they've done for Ukraine. The thing is China will activate a blockade on Taiwan and dare Japan, Australia, Philippines, and the USA to step in. If in that moment the USA decides to step in is the day the world will never be the same it is WW3.
AnAttemptReason@reddit
Japan and South Korea could have nuclear weapons in as little as 6 months if they wished.
If the US abandons Taiwan, then surrounding states will go nuclear, and once that cat is out of the world you have proliferation all over the world and nuclear war is only a matter of time anyway.
The only way this ends well is to call the bluff and not step down, because the alternative either way is mass destruction.
Jazzspasm@reddit
If i remember correctly, last year alone China built three times more shipping tonnage than the US did in the last hundred years
DeepDreamIt@reddit
Right, and I don’t blame them. But I’m not going to praise a foreign country hostile to my own that my country is likely to be at war with before long.
I can understand their motivations without supporting them prevailing
John-A@reddit
That wording is unclear. Does it mean that this HAS been going on for ten years or that they are operating under a contract where they WILL do this for ten years?
FrankieLovie@reddit
fucking hilarious genuinely.
Blueporch@reddit
If this is true, then Microsoft is in big trouble. And DOD broke their own rules.
Used to work for a government contractor. Any client documents had to be stored on servers in the US that could not be accessed by overseas personnel (separate system from commercial clients). We had a certified hosting facility run by cleared resources in the US. The teams working at DOD worked on site at the client using DOD equipment, leaving their employer issued laptops and phones at home. Nothing left DOD premises.
I think it was GAO (I’m not fully caffeinated yet and trying to recall) that would audit our company for compliance. Failure would result in massive fines and loss of billions in contracts.
Equivalent_Bee6235@reddit
Hey buddy, you should really tip off any relative authorities you know about this then. Most government agencies are working at lower compacity and are compromised by fucking morons, someone like you with a previous work history with the government would raise the right flags to have someone compentent take notice.
Blueporch@reddit
No, it’s in the news and so already well known.
abrandis@reddit
I too have worked in companies that ARE SUPPOSED to keep all data and staff in domestic locations , the. Executives and the legal team get together and figure out how stay within the letter of the law while finding cheap labor overseas.
Eycetea@reddit
That's when you hire 3rd party contract companies that are "located/VPN" in the US
B_bbi@reddit
The good news is it turns out all those rules and laws are just words, no repercussions if the people in charge like what’s happening
AzureWave313@reddit
It’s because the rich see Chinas system of governance as their wet dream. Cover EVERYTHING UP, surveillance everywhere, you can’t speak out, you have no rights as a citizen, etc etc. They HATE Americans and see them as self-righteous and stupid.
2600_yay@reddit
And those wealthy 'tech' (surveillance, arms, etc.) CEOs who are the ones getting all the DoD contracts, etc. are helping direct policy; there's an entire group of tech billionaires whose goals are to rapidly accelerate the collapse of the United States so that they can make their own company towns that they have absolute rule over in the ashes. (Listen to Eisenshower's Farewell Address https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/president-dwight-d-eisenhowers-farewell-address The military-industrial complex, aided by tech, has become an extremely powerful faction inside the federal government, the DoD, etc.)
AzureWave313@reddit
Oh how this quote resonates ever so loudly today: “Down the long lane of the history yet to be written America knows that this world of ours, ever growing smaller, must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.” It’s unsettling how spot-on Eisenhower could be, more than 60 years ago.
2600_yay@reddit
If anyone thinks I'm speaking in hyperbole: above I forgot to mention about the lieutenant colonels that the tech bros got deputized in as https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/27/tech-executives-commissioned-senior-army-officers-wont-recuse-themselves-dod-business-dealings.html
TheShittyBeatles@reddit
Free market FTL, once again.
CyberSmith31337@reddit
Name me a more iconic duo than Microsoft and incompetence.
bluelifesacrifice@reddit
Profit first leads to corruption.
General_Nose_691@reddit
Doesn't surprise me. When I worked there they outsourced a ton of sysadmin jobs to India. Microsoft would outsource their CEO to China if they could save a buck.
maritimos75@reddit (OP)
Ummm, their CEO is Indian.
General_Nose_691@reddit
Lol I'm aware, Satya was CEO when I was there
skeechmcgoober@reddit
Literally what the fuck are they doing…. Corporate greed is so bad we’ll take inane risks to save Pennie’s. Cool cool cool. We’re fucked, everyone. Start learning mandarin and how to suck dick.
4BigData@reddit
but then they say RTO is necessary for the small face to face interactions
workers are hated so much in the US, it's been normalized to BS them constantly
wayfaast@reddit
Tell me you don’t know what your talking g about without telling me
GogOfEep@reddit
DocHolidayiN@reddit
This can't be right. This info is NOFORN no foreign dissemination.
No-Edge-8600@reddit
Hey DoD, your tech-bro billionaire friends only care about money!
West_Kangaroo_3568@reddit
We're currently clean on opsec.
jugo5@reddit
LULZ. Lots of people saw dollar signs not long-term safety or maybe it was a honey pot to get access the other way. I lean toward someone who has made a lot of money from Chinese influence I mean investments. Kathy Hochul had a Chinese agent choosing who she met. It's been going on for a long time if you ask me.