alt Hacker NewsA lot of Dutch government and government adjacent services run on Microsoft Azure as well. Which is not the same level of concern, but it does mean the US government has access to that data.
A lot of Dutch government and government adjacent services run on Microsoft Azure as well. Which is not the same level of concern, but it does mean the US government has access to that data.
even if they don't have access to the actual data, the US government has the option to order Microsoft to switch these essential government services services off. For example, as a means of pressuring the Dutch government into supporting the American annexation of Greenland.
Or even, post-Greenland, to force the Dutch to give Trump the Dutch Caribbean islands off the Venezuelan coast as well (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao).
If I were a Dutch member of parliament, I would be insisting this particular vulnerability to extortion be addressed as soon as possible. Of course, the US can still threaten to, at worst, nuke us all to smithereens but let's hope they're not willing to go that far.