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The US Defense Department this week acknowledged it has a ‘do not buy’ list for software that excludes Chinese and Russian companies. Ellen Lord, the Defense Department’s acquisitions chief, said the DoD has had that the list for around six months and works closely with intelligence agencies to be sure of the provenance of their technology. While Lord did not name names, it’s likely ZTE, Huawei, and Kaspersky Lab are on that list given recent headlines.

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