McAfee says it no longer will permit government source code reviews


  • TECH
  • Friday, 27 Oct 2017

McAfee was among several Western technology companies that had acceded in recent years to greater demands by Moscow for access to source code.

WASHINGTON: US-based cyber firm McAfee said it will no longer permit foreign governments to scrutinise the source code of its products, halting a practice some security experts have warned could be leveraged by nation-states to carry out cyber attacks. 

Reuters reported in June that McAfee was among several Western technology companies that had acceded in recent years to greater demands by Moscow for access to source code, the instructions that control basic operations of computer equipment.

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