After Verizon, Germany mulls axing foreign tech

Published June 27, 2014 12:19pm ET



BERLIN (AP) — First Verizon got the boot, now the German government is considering pulling the plug on foreign companies that provide hardware for official communication networks.

An Interior Ministry spokesman says Germany is examining which devices can be used if it wants to keep critical IT infrastructure safe from cyberthreats.

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