The Biden administration is reviewing e-commerce giant Alibaba’s cloud business to determine whether it poses a risk to the United States’ national security, according to three people briefed on the matter, as the government ramps up scrutiny of Chinese technology companies’ dealings with American firms.
The focus of the probe is on how the company stores US clients’ data, including personal information and intellectual property, and whether the Chinese government could gain access to it, the sources said. The potential for Beijing to disrupt access by US users to their information stored on Alibaba cloud is also a concern, one of the people said.
US probing Alibaba cloud unit for security risks: Sources | Technology News | Al Jazeera
