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Microsoft has made no mention of a critical security flaw in its Azure cloud platform in its monthly issues of patches on Tuesday, though the company claimed earlier this month that it had completely fixed the issue.

Microsoft claims it has completely fixed a critical security issue in its Azure cloud platform, found in March by researchers from security firm Tenable, who then told Microsoft about it. Tenable chief executive and chairman Amit Yoran had claimed in a blog post on Wednesday that it took more than 90 days for Microsoft to effect a partial fix.

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.

US Senator Ron Wyden has asked the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to hold Microsoft responsible for its "negligent cyber-security practices, which enabled a successful Chinese espionage campaign against the US Government".

Microsoft is coming under increasing pressure from both the security community and the US Government after it was disclosed that the company's cloud platform was breached and emails stolen from a number of government agencies, allegedly by Chinese attackers.

Global networking products manufacturer Juniper Networks in 2008 incorporated a flawed algorithm from the NSA in its NetScreen devices, even though the company was aware of the flaw that was suspected to provide a backdoor.

America's National Security Agency has dug its heels in and is refusing to provide information to Democrat Senator Ron Wyden as to whether it is still planting backdoors in commercial products as it was found to have done with Juniper Networks in 2015.

American politicians, who are trying to stop legislation by the government to place obstacles in the way of companies using end-to-end encryption, are seeking information about the subversion of encryption at Juniper Networks in 2015.

Two US politicians have written to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, asking him to prevent wireless companies from operating in the 24 GHz band, which will be used for 5G networks, until weather forecasting operations are protected.

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai has avoided answering pointed questions posed by six US senators about the company's plan to launch a censored search engine in China, instead resorting to broad generalities such as the claim that the move would have “broad benefits inside and outside of China".

Managers at Google have been trying to shut down access to any material connected to a project to build a censored mobile app for China, The Intercept  reports, citing company insiders.

Two US politicians have written to the heads of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, and Amazon asking them to reconsider their decisions to prohibit domain-fronting, something that is used to avoid Internet censorship.

Politicians in the US are up in arms over President Donald Trump's move to ease the seven-year export ban imposed on Chinese telecommunications company ZTE, characterising the company as a security threat and insisting they will not take a backward step on legislation putting curbs on the company.

A letter sent by two US senators to the country's Customs and Border Protection authority reveals that though the US insists on e-Passports being used by visitors from countries which have a visa waiver arrangement with the US, the smart chips on these passports have not been checked since 2007 because the CBP lacks the technical capability to do so.