“It’s over,” Hegseth said at a briefing. “We’re requiring a third-party audit of Microsoft’s digital escort program, including the code and submissions by Chinese nationals. This audit will be free of charge for U.S. taxpayers.”

The probe comes after concerns that foreign engineers may have had access to sensitive U.S. defense infrastructure.

“Did they put anything in the code that we didn’t know about? We’re gonna find out,” Hegseth said.