00:00that some tech companies have been using cheap Chinese labor to assist with DOD cloud services.
00:07This is obviously unacceptable, and that's why today I'm announcing that China will no longer
00:12have any involvement whatsoever in our cloud services effective immediately. But we have to
00:18ensure the digital systems that we use here at the Defense Department are ironclad and impenetrable.
00:24Earlier this week, we were alerted to a potential vulnerability in our DOD computer systems,
00:30and we've been checking into it ever since. It turns out that some tech companies have been using
00:35cheap Chinese labor to assist with DOD cloud services. This is obviously unacceptable,
00:43especially in today's digital threat environment. Now, this was a legacy system created over a
00:49decade ago during the Obama administration. But we have to ensure the digital systems that we
00:54use here at the Defense Department are ironclad and impenetrable. And that's why today I'm
01:00announcing that China will no longer have any involvement whatsoever in our cloud services
01:06effective immediately. And at my direction, the department will also initiate as fast as we can
01:12a two-week review or faster to make sure that what we uncovered isn't happening anywhere else
01:18across the DOD. We will continue to monitor and counter all threats to our military infrastructure
01:24and online networks. And I want to thank all those Americans out there in the media and elsewhere
01:29who raised this issue to our attention so we could address it. And that's why we're talking to you
01:34today. As the president would say, thank you for your attention to this matter, and God bless our
01:39warfighters. I'm going to sign that memo right now, initiating that review.
01:43Earlier this week, we were alerted to a potential vulnerability in our DOD computer systems. And
01:54we've been checking into it ever since. It turns out that some tech companies have been using cheap
01:59Chinese labor to assist with DOD cloud services. This is obviously unacceptable, especially in today's
02:08digital threat environment. Now, this was a legacy system created over a decade ago during the Obama
02:14administration. But we have to ensure the digital systems that we use here at the Defense Department
02:19are ironclad and impenetrable. And that's why today I'm announcing that China will no longer have
02:25any involvement whatsoever in our cloud services effective immediately. And at my direction, the
02:33department will also initiate, as fast as we can, a two-week review or faster to make sure that what
02:39we uncovered isn't happening anywhere else across the DOD. We will continue to monitor and counter all
02:45threats to our military infrastructure and online networks. And I want to thank all those Americans
02:51out there in the media and elsewhere who raised this issue to our attention so we could address it.
02:56And that's why we're talking to you today. As the president would say, thank you for your attention to
03:01this matter. And God bless our warfighters. I'm going to sign that memo right now, initiating that review.
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