Microsoft Urges FTC Inspector General to Investigate Alleged Leaks to Media

Tech giant Microsoft is requesting a probe into alleged FTC leaks to media outlets of confidential information related to unannounced antitrust investigations.

This April 12, 2016, file photo shows the Microsoft logo in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Michel Euler

Microsoft formally requested that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) inspector general investigate potential leaks of confidential information from within the agency to media outlets.

In a letter dated Dec. 3, Microsoft expressed concern over a recent Bloomberg News report detailing a purported antitrust investigation into the company.