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Chinese Firms Told: ‘Stop Using US-Israeli Cybersecurity\u00a0Software’<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.asiafinancial.com\/chinese-firms-told-stop-using-us-israeli-cybersecurity-software<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-01-15 07:09:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.asiafinancial.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Author: <\/a><\/p>\n

Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n

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\nChinese companies have been ordered to stop using cybersecurity software made by US and Israeli firms, a new report says.
\nAuthorities in Beijing have told domestic companies to avoid cybersecurity software made by more than a dozen US and Israeli firms due to national security concerns, three people have told Reuters.
\nThe move comes as trade and diplomatic tensions flare between China and the US and both sides vie for tech supremacy. This has made Beijing keen to replace Western-made technology with domestic alternatives, they said.
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\nALSO SEE:\u00a0China Puts Strict Curbs on Purchases of Nvidia\u2019s H200 Chips
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\nThe US companies whose cybersecurity\u00a0software\u00a0has been banned include Broadcom-owned\u00a0VMware, Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet, while the Israeli\u00a0companies include Check Point\u00a0Software\u00a0Technologies, two of the sources said.
\nThe third source said other companies whose software\u00a0was banned included Alphabet-owned Mandiant and Wiz,\u00a0whose purchase Alphabet announced last year, as well as US firms CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Recorded Future, McAfee, Claroty, and Rapid7.
\nIsraeli\u00a0firm CyberArk,\u00a0whose purchase was announced by Palo Alto last year, was also on the list, as were Orca Security and Cato Networks, two\u00a0Israeli\u00a0firms, and Imperva,\u00a0which was purchased by French defense firm Thales\u00a0in 2023.
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\nSome shares dip after ban
\nRecorded Future said in an email that it did no business in\u00a0China\u00a0and had no intention of doing so. McAfee said it is a consumer-focused company whose technology \u201cis not built for government or enterprise use.\u201d
\nCrowdStrike said it did not sell into\u00a0China\u00a0and did not have offices, hire people or host infrastructure there, and thus could \u201conly be negligibly affected.\u201d SentinelOne said it had \u201cno direct revenue exposure to China,\u201d citing similar reasons.
\nClaroty said it did not sell to China. In a statement, Orca Security CEO Gil Geron said his company had not been notified of the move. Geron added that his company was focused on defence and that a ban \u201cwould be a step in the wrong direction.\u201d
\nThe other blacklisted companies did not respond to Reuters\u2019 requests for comment.
\nShares of Broadcom fell more than 4% in Wednesday trading, while Palo Alto\u2019s share price stayed virtually flat. Check Point\u2019s shares closed up slightly. Fortinet shares fell more than 2%. Rapid7 shares fell more than 1%.
\nReuters was unable to establish how many Chinese companies received the notice that the sources said was issued in recent days.
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\nReports on Chinese hacking
\nChinese authorities expressed concern the\u00a0software\u00a0could collect and transmit confidential information abroad, the sources said. They declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the situation.
\nChina\u2019s internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of\u00a0China, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology had not responded to requests for comment at the time of publication.
\nThe United States and\u00a0China, which have been locked in an uneasy trade truce, are preparing for a visit by US President Donald Trump to Beijing in April.
\nWhile the West and\u00a0China\u00a0have clashed over\u00a0China\u2019s efforts to build up its\u00a0semiconductor\u00a0and artificial intelligence sectors, Chinese analysts have said Beijing has become increasingly concerned that any Western equipment could be hacked by foreign powers.
\nIt has therefore sought to replace Western computer equipment and word processing\u00a0software.
\nThe country\u2019s largest cybersecurity providers include 360 Security Technology\u00a0and Neusoft.
\nSome of the US and\u00a0Israeli\u00a0companies facing a ban for their part have repeatedly alleged Chinese hacking operations, which\u00a0China\u00a0has denied.
\nLast month, Check Point published a report on an allegedly Chinese-linked hacking operation against an unidentified \u201cEuropean government office.\u201d In September, Palo Alto published a report alleging a Chinese hacking effort targeted diplomats worldwide.
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\nFirms with offices in China
\nSeveral of the firms do not conduct business with Chinese clients, but others have built a significant footprint in\u00a0China.
\nFortinet has three offices in mainland China and one in Hong Kong, according to its website. Check Point\u2019s website lists support addresses in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Broadcom lists six China locations, while Palo Alto lists five local offices in China, including one in Macau.
\nThe politics around foreign cybersecurity vendors has long been fraught. Such firms are often staffed with intelligence veterans, they typically work closely with their respective national defence establishments, and their software products have sweeping access to corporate networks and individual devices \u2013 all of which at least theoretically provides a springboard for spying or sabotage.
\nSuspicions about the origin and motive of Russian anti-virus firm Kaspersky, for example, eventually led to\u00a0a purge of the\u00a0software\u00a0from US government networks in 2017. In 2024, sales of Kaspersky products were\u00a0banned\u00a0across the United States.
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Reuters with additional editing by Jim Pollard<\/p>\n

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\nALSO SEE:
\nChinese Hackers Breached US Treasury\u2019s Sanctions Office: Report
\nChina Cybersecurity Body Says US Hack Stole Tech Secrets \u2013 SCMP
\nUS Officials Told: Use Encryption to Avoid Chinese Phone Hacks
\nUS Looking to Ban Sales of China\u2019s TP-Link Routers: Report
\nChina Hackers Accessed US Court Wiretap Networks: WSJ
\nChina Behind Online US Election Propaganda Campaign: Researchers
\nChinese Hackers Behind Malicious Cyber Operations: Australia
\nChina is Using AI to Ramp up Espionage, US Says \u2013 WSJ
\nUS Seeks Review, Changes to Undersea Telecom Cable Rules
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJim Pollard
\n\t\t\t\t\t Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years. <\/p>\n

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