The issue focused on whether Ortega's computer systems were truly secure.

Tricelso said that technology had changed so much over the years, computers would work at any time in software and hardware running Windows 7 or Windows 8. But Microsoft engineers say their machines are still completely safe.

"We make no claims of vulnerability to hackers," Tricelso said. "If you look at [the internet] today, there is an entirely different digital environment out there."

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