China has decided to ban the use of "Windows 8" within the government, and why?

ByVernon Chan

"Windows 8 is too expensiveAlthough the Chinese government revealed that it is planning to continue using Windows XP as ", we finally banned installing and using Windows 8 on the government's PC.

China bans use of Microsoft's Windows 8 on government computers | Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/20/us-microsoft-china-idUSBREA4J07Q20140520


U.S. announces first charges to foreign country in connection with cyberspying - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-to-announce-first-criminal-charges-against-foreign-country-for-cyberspying/2014/05/19/586c9992-df45-11e3-810f-764fe508b82d_story.html


The central government procurement department in China has released a notice on the website that prohibits the use of Windows 8 installed PC within the Chinese government. Xinhua News Agency, China's state-owned telecommunications company, said that Beijing banned the use of Windows 8,Support is completeWindows XP is a widely used OS in China, and we intend to have it guarantee the security aspect of this ".

However, one day before the Chinese government issued a notice, the US Department of Justice told the Chinese People's Liberation Army "61398 Unit" to hack and promote industrial espionage against six US companies, and the five officers belonging to the unitProsecuted for crimes such as industrial espionagedoing.

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It is believed to have been hacked by the People's Liberation Army by US Steel, the largest steelmaker in the US, Alcoa, America's largest aluminum producer, Westinghouse Electric, a nuclear power plant maker, Allegheny Technologies, a metal manufacturer, Hillsboro, Oregon SolarWorld which manufactures products related to solar light, and the United States Iron and Steel Workers Association against trade with China. They stealed information that would be particularly advantageous for Chinese state-owned enterprises that are rival companies from these companies and organizations.

ByDaniel Patman

For this reason, the Chinese government's "Windows 8 Banning Measures" is considered a kind of retaliatory measure against accusation of hacking acts.

"Microsoft is extremely surprised to know the Chinese government's ordinance on Windows 8. Microsoft has so far been using China's central government procurement department and other government agencies We have continued to supply Windows 7 to the Chinese government, but at the same time we will work to make the evaluation of Windows 8 correct. "Statement I am giving out.

Incidentally,The connection between the Chinese government and a hacker that had been a source of long-standing troublesThe U.S. government has finally prosecuted, but since beginning in MayWe are installing tools for eavesdropping on computer network equipment such as Wi-Fi routerIt is important to note that things have just been exposed, not unilateral victims.