Microsoft's role in data breach part of US cyber inquiry - Bloomberg News

FILE PHOTO: A Microsoft logo is seen in Los Angeles, California U.S. November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

(Reuters) - A U.S. cybersecurity advisory panel will investigate risks in cloud computing, that will also include Microsoft Corp's role in the recent breach of government department email systems by suspected Chinese hackers, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

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