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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 29 2019, @12:41PM
The cell network is a really big monitoring engine
Who ever builds may have a great deal of control over that
I'm not sure who to trust on that front
Nobody seems the right answer
One of the goals of 5G is to make the network more open to prevent being locked into a particular equipment vendor.
That means breaking the system into simpler pieces and making parts open source s/w.
Naturally, the equipment vendors don't especially like this, so it may not happen.
The result would be an overall more complex system, but with simpler, perhaps auditable pieces.
I wonder if that could be a solution to this mess, with ironically China leading the way?
Naturally, what is being offered today for 5G is far from this.