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Huawei's equipment poses 'significant' security risks, UK says:
The U.K. government warned on Thursday Huawei's telecommunications equipment raises "significant" security issues, posing a possible setback to the Chinese tech firm as it looks to build out 5G networks.
In 46-page report evaluating Huawei's security risks, British officials stopped short of calling for a ban of Huawei's 5G telecommunications equipment. But the assessment cited "underlying defects" in the company's software engineering and cybersecurity processes, citing "significantly increased risk to U.K. operators."
The findings give weight to warnings from U.S. officials who have argued Huawei's networking equipment could be used for espionage by the Chinese government. Huawei has repeatedly said it does not pose any risk and insists it would not share customer data with Beijing.
In a statement Thursday, Huawei said it takes the U.K. government's findings "very seriously."
"The issues identified in the OB (oversight board) report provide vital input for the ongoing transformation of our software engineering capabilities," a Huawei spokesperson said.
Other links:
Huawei Equipment Has Major Security Flaws, U.K. Says
Huawei's Perception Problem Deepens as U.K. Spies Identify Security Risks
So don't buy Huawei telecom equipment. Buy only US made telecom equipment. Because the NSA would never put bugs in for spying.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 29 2019, @12:27PM (2 children)
So you don't think there is any built-in spying put there by "loyal" Americans who have put those there at the behest of the TLAs? The NSA would never stoop that low!
Excuse me until I stop rolling on the floor laughing my guts out.
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 29 2019, @08:05PM (1 child)
Unlike many countries, the US doesn't even have anything set up for this. The US simply doesn't trust corporations to keep such secrets. Remember, US corporations are full of foreign nationals and anti-American fools. With some very limited exceptions for defense contractors, the US doesn't even manage to share stolen trade secrets with industry. The US just doesn't have the needed trust between industry and government.
It's not as if the NSA would need built-in spying. They kick ass. They don't need cooperation from anybody.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 30 2019, @02:25PM
I'm inclined to think that if the NSA wanted a backdoor, they would just do what they did to those cisco routers and intercept shipments and modify them en route. A lot smarter than building in backdoors for everyone to see. They also have companies like Intel putting backdoors everywhere for them.