Military sweep finds no banned Chinese apps

CYBERWARFARE SWEEP: Chinese-made apps could be backdoors for the PLA to gain access to military information through defense ministry cellphones By Huang Ching-hsuan / Staff reporter Add TT as Preferred Source Inspections of all 2,936 government-issued cellphones used by the military have been completed, with no high-risk Chinese-made apps found installed, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said, as the ministry works to implement five cybersecurity measures across the armed forces.When China’s navigation app Amap (高德地圖) was deemed to pose a high cybersecurity risk several months ago, lawmakers asked the ministry to ban servicemembers from downloading the app, to prevent tactical planning and defensive strategies from leaking.In a report, the defense ministry said yesterday that the Min