On July 12, 2023, the Washington Post reported that China-based adversaries breached unclassified US Government email through Microsoft Cloud. This Hash It Out Session between Virtru experts, Rob McDonald, SVP of Strategy and Field CPO and Peter Nancarrow, Director of Security, SRE & IT, touches on some of the details of this sophisticated exploit, the emphasized need for a data-centric security strategy, as well adopting a security approach that includes a multi-layered defense versus solely “over-trusting” a single provider.