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Federal cyber experts called Microsoft's cloud a "pile of shit," approved it anyway

By Renee Dudley, with research by Doris Burke, ProPublica.orgArs TechnicaMar 18, 2026
Federal cyber experts called Microsoft's cloud a "pile of shit," approved it anyway

In late 2024, the federal government’s cybersecurity evaluators rendered a troubling verdict on one of Microsoft’s biggest cloud computing offerings. The tech giant’s “lack of proper detailed security documentation” left reviewers with a “lack of confidence in assessing the system’s overall security posture,” according to an internal government report reviewed by ProPublica. Or, as one member of the team put it: “The package is a pile of shit.” Read full article Comments