Windows_8

In June 2014, state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) broadcast a news story further characterizing Windows 8 as a threat to national security. The story featured an interview with Ni Guangnan, who stated that operating systems could aggregate "sensitive user information" that could be used to "understand the conditions and activities of our national economy and society", and alleged that per documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the U.S. government had worked with Microsoft to retrieve encrypted information. Yang Min, a computer scientist at Fudan University, also stated that "the security features of Windows 8 are basically to the benefit of Microsoft, allowing them control of the users' data, and that poses a big challenge to the national strategy for information security." Microsoft denied the claims in a number of posts on the Chinese social network Sina Weibo, which stated that the company had never "assisted any government in an attack of another government or clients" or provided client data to the U.S. government, never "provided any government the authority to directly visit" or placed any backdoors in its products and services, and that it had never concealed government requests for client data.

Question: What leading IT figure in the country known as the Middle Kingdom avered that a specific version of a Microsoft software could cause a breach that would allow sensitive information to be revealed, leading to a breach of national security??
Answer: Ni Guangnan

Question: What did a media outlet in the country known as the Middle Kingdom determine to be a potential enabler of a breach in their ability to keep sensitive information secret?
Answer: Ni Guangnan

Question: In what venue did the software giant owned by a man named Gates issue its defense against charges that the control of its users' data poses a threat to national security?
Answer: Chinese social network Sina Weibo

Question: Which scholar talked about the national security threats of Windows 8 in June 2014?
Answer: Yang Min

Question: Aside from the issues with the program itsel, which controversy surrounded Windows 8?
Answer: the U.S. government had worked with Microsoft to retrieve encrypted information

Question: What words did Microsoft use to respond to the allegations of aggregating sensitive user information?
Answer: stated that the company had never "assisted any government in an attack of another government or clients" or provided client data to the U.S. government, never "provided any government the authority to directly visit"

Question: In defending itself against allegations, what did Microsoft claim was not implemented on its various offerings?
Answer: backdoors

Question: What was the major criticism of the program?
Answer: security

Question: Which mentioned person is not from China?
Answer: Edward Snowden

Question: According to the CCTV interview, what may the company Microsoft be using to take advantage of users' secure details concerning Windows 8??
Answer: security features

Question: What facet of the workings of the software giant owned by a man named Gates functions both as a boon to that software giant and also a possible threat to national security?
Answer: control of the users' data

Question: According to the CCTV broadcast, what individual helped make information available concerning the national security cyber threat?
Answer: Edward Snowden

Question: What whistleblower helped bring information to light that a major world power whose president as of 2019 was named Trump was collaborating with the softwate giant owned by a man named Gates to grab sensitive information of a country known as the Middle Kingdom?
Answer: Edward Snowden

Question: Microsoft defended itself concerning the national security claims on what platform?
Answer: Sina Weibo