The Chinese government is pushing domestic banks to remove high-end servers made by International Business Machines Corp and replace them with a local brand, the latest move by Beijing over US spying claims.
The news comes a day after China accused the United States of “unscrupulous” cyber surveillance that included large-scale computer attacks against the Chinese government and Chinese companies. Government agencies, including the People’s Bank of China and the Ministry of Finance, are reviewing whether Chinese commercial banks’ reliance on the IBM servers compromises the country’s financial security, the report said citing people familiar with the matter.
Officials at IBM were not immediately available for comment.
