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China Prepares To Drop Microsoft Windows, Blames U.S. Hacking Threat
Source: Forbes
May 30, 2019, 05:33am
China Prepares To Drop Microsoft Windows, Blames U.S. Hacking Threat
Davey Winder Contributor
Cybersecurity
I report and analyse breaking cybersecurity and privacy stories
The ongoing trade war between China and the U.S. shows no sign of ending in the near future. Although steel tariffs acted as the catalyst for this protectionist policy, cybersecurity soon got caught up in the political mix and Huawei has been the highest profile target, or victim, depending upon how you see things. It was inevitable that China would fight back and from the cybersecurity perspective that's certainly been the case.
First there have been the drafting of cybersecurity regulations that could see U.S. technology imports blocked on national security grounds. Now comes the news, first broken online by the Epoch Times this week, that China is preparing to replace the Windows operating system with an alternative that is being developed within China in order to "prevent the United States from hacking into China's military network."
Quoting a report from a Canadian military print publication called Kanwa Asian Defence, the Epoch Times revealed how the Internet Security Information Leadership Group (ISILG) in China has been created in order to replace Windows, and the UNIX system, used by the Chinese military.
The ISILG is part of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and falls directly under the control of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This would make a lot of sense given that the United States Cyber Command was similarly formed to provide a separation between network security and national security groups.
I can certainly see how the technology environment has turned toxic at a national security level for countries on both sides of the East-West divide. ...
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China Prepares To Drop Microsoft Windows, Blames U.S. Hacking Threat
Davey Winder Contributor
Cybersecurity
I report and analyse breaking cybersecurity and privacy stories
The ongoing trade war between China and the U.S. shows no sign of ending in the near future. Although steel tariffs acted as the catalyst for this protectionist policy, cybersecurity soon got caught up in the political mix and Huawei has been the highest profile target, or victim, depending upon how you see things. It was inevitable that China would fight back and from the cybersecurity perspective that's certainly been the case.
First there have been the drafting of cybersecurity regulations that could see U.S. technology imports blocked on national security grounds. Now comes the news, first broken online by the Epoch Times this week, that China is preparing to replace the Windows operating system with an alternative that is being developed within China in order to "prevent the United States from hacking into China's military network."
Quoting a report from a Canadian military print publication called Kanwa Asian Defence, the Epoch Times revealed how the Internet Security Information Leadership Group (ISILG) in China has been created in order to replace Windows, and the UNIX system, used by the Chinese military.
The ISILG is part of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and falls directly under the control of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This would make a lot of sense given that the United States Cyber Command was similarly formed to provide a separation between network security and national security groups.
I can certainly see how the technology environment has turned toxic at a national security level for countries on both sides of the East-West divide. ...
-snip-
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/05/30/china-prepares-to-drop-microsoft-windows-blames-u-s-hacking-threat/