Ekuqaleni konyaka ophelileyo, iMicrosoft yafumana ukuya phambili ukusuka kwiPentagon ukuya hlaziya zonke iikhompyuter onazo kwezo ndawo kuguqulelo lwamva nje lweWindows, Windows 10, nto leyo ethetha malunga neekhompyuter ezingama-4.000 ezibandakanya iilaptops kunye neemodeli zedesktop. Ekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo, inkampani esekwe eRedmond nayo yaphumelela ithenda kawonke-wonke yokugcina zonke ezo khompyutha zisandul’ ukutshintshela Windows 10. Idabi elitsha elaphunyelelwa ngamakhwenkwe kaSatya Nadella, ngoku ayintloko yeMicrosoft. Kodwa ayiphelelanga apho, kuba inkampani iqhubekile nokuhamba kumanqanaba aphezulu anxulumene nokhuseleko lwelizwe ukuzama ukufumana isatifikethi esivumela ukuba ifikelele kweminye imibutho.
I-NSA isandula kuqinisekisa ukuba zombini Windows 10 kunye neNcwadi yeSurface, iSurface Pro 3 kunye nezixhobo zeSurface Pro 4 zikhuselekile ukusebenzisa ulwazi olubuthathaka. Yiyo i zombini isoftware yayo kunye nehardware zibonelela ngendibaniselwano yokhuseleko kwinqanaba eliphezulu kakhulu, ukwenzela ukuba ukususela kulo mzuzu kuphela izixhobo eziqinisekisiweyo ngulo mbutho ezingasetyenziselwa ukufikelela kulo lonke ulwazi olugcinwe kwiiseva ze-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweSizwe.
Ukufumana imvume yale arhente, kunye nekhontrakthi esele ifunyenwe kunye nePentagon, zingcebiso ezibaluleke kakhulu zeMicrosoft, eziza kuvumela ukuba ibe lukhetho kwezinye iiarhente zokhuseleko kumazwe amaninzi apho Windows 10 kwaye izixhobo zayo azifumaneki ngoku. ngoku. Iprogram ye-CSfC ijongene nokugunyazisa zonke izixhobo ezinokusetyenziselwa ukufikelela kwi-NSA nalapho kufumaneka kuphela i-Surface Pro 3 ne-4 kunye ne-Surface Book. Akukho sixhobo sisuka nakuwuphi na umvelisi ofumene olu hlobo lwesatifikethi ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Iyamangalisa loo nto akukho sixhobo esivela kwinkampani yakwa-Apple esifumene esi satifikethi, inkampani ehlala izingca ngokhuseleko lweenkqubo zayo zokusebenza kunye nezixhobo.