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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.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @11:57AM (6 children)
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)
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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 29 2019, @03:42PM
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/28/f35_software_fail/ [theregister.co.uk]
Hmmmm..
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @03:25PM
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)
So I guess Nokia is the best option.
(Score: 3, Funny) by linkdude64 on Monday March 25 2019, @05:13PM
PERKELE!!!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @10:35PM
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.