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EU to Drop Threat of Huawei Ban but Wants 5G Risks Monitored

posted by chromas on Monday March 25 2019, @09:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the 5G-Chess dept.

c0lo writes:

Reuters

The European Commission will next week urge EU countries to share more data to tackle cybersecurity risks related to 5G networks but will ignore U.S. calls to ban Huawei Technologies, four people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

European digital chief Andrus Ansip will present the recommendation on Tuesday. While the guidance does not have legal force, it will carry political weight which can eventually lead to national legislation in European Union countries.

The United States has lobbied Europe to shut out Huawei, saying its equipment could be used by the Chinese government for espionage. Huawei has strongly rejected the allegations and earlier this month sued the U.S. government over the issue.

Ansip will tell EU countries to use tools set out under the EU directive on security of network and information systems, or NIS directive, adopted in 2016 and the recently approved Cybersecurity Act, the people said.

For example, member states should exchange information and coordinate on impact assessment studies on security risks and on certification for internet-connected devices and 5G equipment.

The EU executive’s guidance marks a tougher stance on Chinese investment after years of almost unfettered European openness to China, which controls 70 percent of the global supply of the critical raw materials needed to make high-tech goods.

The measures, if taken on board, will be part of what French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday was a “European awakening” about potential Chinese dominance, after EU leaders held a first-ever discussion about China policy at a summit.

Germany this month set tougher criteria for all telecoms equipment vendors, without singling out Huawei and ignoring U.S. pressure.

Big telecoms operators oppose a Huawei ban, saying such a move could set back 5G deployment in the bloc by years. In contrast, Australia and New Zealand have stopped operators using Huawei equipment in their networks.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @10:53AM (16 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @10:53AM (#819432)

    So far in the Huawei story, I haven't seen any evidence of their supposed wrongdoing. I also haven't heard of any evidence, nor what the wrongdoing could entail.
    So at this point I'm assuming some US companies bribed some US government officials to get this ban on Huawei in place. That not many are following suit seems to indicate there isn't much truth to this story.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @11:25AM (6 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @11:25AM (#819440)

      So at this point I'm assuming some US companies bribed some US government officials to get this ban on Huawei in place.

      Smell rather of a trade war, indeed.

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @11:57AM (6 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @11:57AM (#819455)

      You'd have to be an idiot to let your adversary build your communications nodes. No evidence is needed. The NSA knows how easy it is to slip backdoors into systems.

      Whether China is more of an adversary to the EU than the US is a different question.

      • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @12:22PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @12:22PM (#819462)

        Whether China is more of an adversary to the EU than the US is a different question.

        The rumour has been around for a number of years that the US aircraft shipped to 'fellow NATO members' can be remotely and transparently 'fucked with' from the larger US EW platforms via backdoors in the avionics.
        Being fair, I've heard similar about Russian gear, but the context I remember the USian trickery being discussed was in relation to the Greeks and Turks ever getting 'hot and bothered', and it being deployed to shut down the Greeks.

      • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @03:25PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @03:25PM (#819561)

        You'd have to be an idiot to let your adversary build your communications nodes.

        With that in mind the EU is working towards banning Cisco and Google one fine at a time. And once everyone has their own economy but nothing political is actually resolved, we can have our long desired WW3.

      • (Score: 4, Funny) by Tokolosh on Monday March 25 2019, @03:28PM (1 child)

        by Tokolosh (585) on Monday March 25 2019, @03:28PM (#819566)

        So I guess Nokia is the best option.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @10:35PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @10:35PM (#819776)

        You'd have to be an idiot to send cleartext data over comms infrastructure that persons you don't trust have built. So make sure your data is encrypted and check for integrity at your endpoints. Then you shouldn't have to care who is listening in the middle.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 26 2019, @01:17AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 26 2019, @01:17AM (#819833)

      I think their wrongdoing consists of not putting in the five-eyes mandated backdoors.

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by darkfeline on Tuesday March 26 2019, @04:02AM

      by darkfeline (1030) on Tuesday March 26 2019, @04:02AM (#819910) Homepage

      The fact that Huawei is a successful Chinese company is evidence of their wrongdoing. There are no large successful Chinese companies that aren't in bed with the PRC/Communist Party, because success in China requires that you be butt buddies with the PRC. It's like claiming illegal income on your tax return, it is ipso facto evidence.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @02:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @02:17PM (#819514)

    The fourth dimension of this thing, is the national cyberdefence departments on the rise in every memberstate of the EU and their attempt to use a government backed mandate to force companies into their sandboxing monitoring network. That is a digusting thing that we need to follow very closely in the EU.

  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday March 25 2019, @05:05PM (1 child)

    by Freeman (732) on Monday March 25 2019, @05:05PM (#819623) Journal

    Something like this can't be hidden forever. Either, it will come to light that indeed Huawei and / or the Chinese government was/is actively doing so or it will be bogus and essentially part of the Trade War between the US/China.

    --
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    • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @06:32PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @06:32PM (#819672)

      Doesn't have to be hidden if it can be denied. The client says a device is spying. It's dissected and we discover it is running non-standard firmware. Huawei says they shipped it with standard firmware. The blame finger is pointed away from Huawei and towards some invisible middle-man. YW

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