Chinese military to replace Windows OS amid fears of US hacking

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Amidst an escalating trade war and political tensions with the US, Beijing officials have decided to develop a custom operating system that will replace the Windows OS on computers used by the Chinese military. Per the magazine, Chinese military officials won’t be jumping ship from Windows to Linux but will develop a custom OS. Since these leaks have revealed that the US can hack into almost anything, the Chinese government’s plan is to adopt a “security by obscurity” approach and run a custom operating system that will make it harder for foreign threat actors — mainly the US — to spy on Chinese military operations.

Source: www.zdnet.com