The NSA has asked its close security allies to prohibit the use of Huawei equipment in their 5G telecom networks.
In a telling twist of fate, recently Vodafone revealed it found backdoors in Huawei equipment in Italy in 2011, now supposedly remediated.
Attack is shutting down the installed equipment or any other piece of equipment which has ever connected to the network.
Even if the code on a piece of equipment is reviewed and declared clean, software updates and patches are installed over time.
These updates provide an opportunity to insert malicious software, activate existing code on the equipment, or complete malicious code already on the machine.
Malicious code could be spyware or code targeting control of the Huawei equipment itself, other equipment on the network, or equipment elsewhere such as power grids or financial networks.
Beyond threats from "Sniffing" data, once equipment is installed, there is no way to ensure its security or continued use in a time of tension or war.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2019/05/23/dont_trust_china_with_americas_data_security_111201.html
In a telling twist of fate, recently Vodafone revealed it found backdoors in Huawei equipment in Italy in 2011, now supposedly remediated.
Attack is shutting down the installed equipment or any other piece of equipment which has ever connected to the network.
Even if the code on a piece of equipment is reviewed and declared clean, software updates and patches are installed over time.
These updates provide an opportunity to insert malicious software, activate existing code on the equipment, or complete malicious code already on the machine.
Malicious code could be spyware or code targeting control of the Huawei equipment itself, other equipment on the network, or equipment elsewhere such as power grids or financial networks.
Beyond threats from "Sniffing" data, once equipment is installed, there is no way to ensure its security or continued use in a time of tension or war.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2019/05/23/dont_trust_china_with_americas_data_security_111201.html
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