Microsoft President Brad Smith will testify before a House of Representatives panel on homeland security on Thursday, fielding questions about the company’s security practices after Russian and Chinese hackers breached its systems over the past year.
China-linked hackers stole 60,000 U.S. State Department emails last year by breaking into the tech giant’s systems, while a Russian group spied on Microsoft’s senior staff emails earlier this year, according to the company’s disclosures.
In a scathing report in April, the Cyber Safety Review Board - formed by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas - slammed Microsoft for its lack of transparency over the Chinese hack, which the board said had been preventable.
[Microsoft Security Team Director]: yeah to take good care we need to promote our good talent with desirable wages, offer competitive wages and hire more heads. It’s really that simple.
[VP]: what about this AI stuff we’re spending billions on? Can we CoPilot thos problem away?
[Microsoft Security Team Director]: what?! No. Obviously not. We saw how well Recall went. Are you kidding me? Trust me. We need to invest in the talent.
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