Now, Microsoft’s corporate vice president and deputy general counsel Rima Alaily is accusing FTC management of leaking details of the probe, in violation of the agency’s own e

The FTC is investigating Microsoft’s cloud computing business and related product lines such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, according to a person who was not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

But in an email to the FTC inspector general, sent Tuesday and posted publicly on LinkedIn, Microsoft’s deputy general counsel Rima Alaily said that Microsoft has not received a formal legal process from the FTC and that the company learned of the information request from the Bloomberg article.

The FTC is looking at everything from the company’s cloud computing and software licensing businesses to cybersecurity offerings and AI products.

Microsoft is being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission in a wide-ranging antitrust probe, making it the fifth Big Tech company to fall under such scrutiny in several years. The demand for information that spans hundreds of pages and culminates over a year of informal discussions with Microsoft competitors and partners.

The reported investigation is something of a parting shot from an aggressive Federal Trade Commission under Lina Khan.

Microsoft accused the U.S. Federal Trade Commission of violating its ethics standards by leaking an investigation to the press.