Pete Hegseth Kills Obama-Biden Program That Gave Chinese Coders Access To DOD Cloud Systems

By  Virginia Kruta

 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that he was putting an end to a program that had for nearly ten years allowed Chinese coders access to Department of Defense cloud systems.

Hegseth shared a video in which he described the “Digital Escorts” program — implemented under former President Barack Obama — under which Microsoft employed Chinese coders to “support sensitive DOD cloud systems” under the supervision of American contractors.

WATCH:

The use of Chinese Nationals to service Department of Defense cloud environments is over. pic.twitter.com/jZdcHwKho2

— Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) August 27, 2025

“Last month the Department of Defense was made aware of an Obama-Biden era legacy program called Digital Escorts,” Hegseth began. “For nearly a decade, Microsoft has used Chinese coders, remotely supervised by U.S. contractors, to support sensitive DOD cloud systems. The program was designed to comply with contracting rules but it exposed the department to unacceptable risk.”

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