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Microsoft was notified in March about a critical flaw in its Azure platform by security firm Tenable, but the company took more than 90 days to effect a fix that was only partial, Tenable chairman and chief executive Amit Yoran claims.

Microsoft has no plans to clarify issues about the breach of its Azure cloud environment, which are still hazy, the company says.

The email account of US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was among a slew of accounts breached at both the State and Commerce Departments by attackers, claimed to be from China, who gained access through a vulnerability in Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.

Chinese telecommunications vendor ZTE Corporation may be back in business soon, after signing an agreement in principle that would result in the seven-year US export ban on the company being lifted.

US policy on China's ZTE Corporation appears to have been changed, with US President Donald Trump tweeting that he has asked the Commerce Department, which imposed a seven-year export ban on the company, to help it "get back into business, fast".