The Chinese government banned their use productof security by the companies Symantec and Kaspersky for national security and the public interest.
Προς το παρόν, στον κατάλογο της κυβέρνησης για τις δημόσιες συμβάσεις υπάρχουν πέντε εγκεκριμένες μάρκες λογισμικού ασφαλείας, όλες από την Κίνα. Αυτές περιλαμβάνουν τις εταιρείες Qihoo 360 Technology, Venustech, CAJinchen, Beijing Jiangmin, and Rising.
The announcement came from the newspaper People's Daily.
Τον Μάιο, μέλος του Γραφείου Πληροφοριών της Κίνας ενημέρωσε ότι θα ξεκινήσουν μια έρευνα σχετικά με τα κύρια products που χρησιμοποιούνται από τα κυβερνητικά όργανα για την εθνική και δημόσια ασφάλεια.
It appears that the evaluation has been completed and has led to a ban on foreign technology that could be used to protect public administration.
All of this, of course, began after the revelations of Edward Snowden about the US National Security Agency's mass surveillance program, PRISM.
However, all this is an attempt by the Chinese government to promote domestic IT products. The newspaper also reports that China's only foreign operating system brand is still Microsoft's supplier list, although a Windows 8 ban was issued in May.
It seems that China believes that Microsoft, Apple, Symantec and Cisco are important NSA partners to collect information.
As for Kaspersky, a company spokesman (Alejandro Arango) spoke to Reuters and said the company is investigating the matter and will contact the Chinese authorities to sort out any issue that has been raised.
