Microsoft could reap more than $193m in new US cyber spending

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Microsoft could reap more than $193m in new US cyber spending

Upsetting some lawmakers.

Microsoft stands to receive nearly a quarter of Covid relief funds destined for US cybersecurity defenders, angering some lawmakers who don't want to increase funding for a company whose software was recently at the heart of two big hacks. Congress allocated the funds at issue in the Covid ...

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