
How Microsoft Predicted the Ukraine War Before the Pentagon with CSIS Director Emily Harding
When Russia invaded Ukraine, it wasn't a general who saw it coming first… it was Microsoft. Sensors planted across Ukraine picked up a massive spike in cyberattacks on banks, transport, and command-and-control, and the company picked up the phone and warned the White House.That moment, says intelligence veteran Emily Harding, is when the line between a tech company and a defense company quietly disappeared.Harding is a VP at CSIS, a former CIA analyst, NSC Iran director, and architect of the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Russia report. She walks host Erol Yayboke through the most…
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