The German Army and Microsoft

According to Kriptópolis, the German weekly "Der Spiegel" published last March 17, an article where they claim that the Foreign and Defence Ministries of that European country have information that their secret services, similar to the NSA (National Security Agency) controls all the code source of Microsoft and can even access the coded data. As a result, "Der Spiegel" informs that the German government has decided not to use Microsoft programmes for their most sensitive areas.

Translation of the article from "Der Spiegel" into Spanish (19/03/200 Kriptópolis)

According to "Wired News in an article published yesterday, the German Ministry of Defence has denied the article in "Der Spiegel" , stating that the Ministry is continuing to use Microsoft programmes. However, the spokesman did not deny the German Government's worry about security.

Date of publication: 20/03/2001

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