Commentary A little over a year ago, a global wave of cyberattacks and data breaches rocked the world. After successfully breaching Microsoft Exchange Servers, attackers gained full access to hundreds of thousands of emails, passwords, and sensitive files. A quarter of a million servers fell victim to the attacks, including at least 30,000 organizations in the United States. According to numerous credible reports, the attackers were linked with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This begs the question: why is Microsoft continuing to help the CCP? According to an extensive investigation carried out by NPR, the abovementioned attack was part of a far bigger plan. The stealing of emails and intellectual property was only the beginning. The breach appears to have been “in the service of something bigger.” That “something bigger” involves the CCP’s “artificial intelligence ambitions.” Kiersten Todt, former executive director of the Obama administration’s bipartisan commission on cybersecurity, told …