From the “this won’t help your public image” department comes this Bloomberg story that Vodafone which is one of Europe’s largest telcos found vulnerabilities going back years with equipment supplied by Shenzhen-based Huawei for the telco’s Italian business:
While Vodafone says the issues were resolved, the revelation may further damage the reputation of a major symbol of China’s global technology prowess. Europe’s biggest phone company identified hidden backdoors in the software that could have given Huawei unauthorized access to the carrier’s fixed-line network in Italy, a system that provides internet service to millions of homes and businesses, according to Vodafone’s security briefing documents from 2009 and 2011 seen by Bloomberg, as well as people involved in the situation.
Okay. So this is from a while ago. I will give you that. But it is instructive as it shows that there is some evidence that at least some of the accusations that the US and others have made about Huawei have some merit.
Speaking of the US, the folks in Washington does not see any distinction between core and non-core parts of 5G networks and will reassess sharing information with any allies which use equipment made Huawei, a U.S. cybersecurity official said on Monday:
“It is the United States’ position that putting Huawei or any other untrustworthy vendor in any part of the 5G telecommunications network is a risk,” said Robert Strayer, deputy assistant secretary for cyber, international communications and information policy at the State Department. “If other countries insert and allow untrusted vendors to build out and become the vendors for their 5G networks we will have to reassess the ability for us to share information and be connected with them in the ways that we are today,” he said.
Clearly this is meant to pressure countries into not using Huawei gear. I guess this is being served up because of reports that the UK his given Huawei the go-ahead to supply equipment for the UK 5G data network as long as it’s in “non-core” parts such as antennas. It will be interesting to see if that decision gets reversed now that this edict is out. And now that the discovery of backdoors is more than just theory.
UPDATE: Vodafone is now denying the report… The plot thickens.
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Vodafone Found Hidden Backdoors in Huawei Equipment… And The US Won’t Play Nice With Those Who Use Huawei Gear
From the “this won’t help your public image” department comes this Bloomberg story that Vodafone which is one of Europe’s largest telcos found vulnerabilities going back years with equipment supplied by Shenzhen-based Huawei for the telco’s Italian business:
While Vodafone says the issues were resolved, the revelation may further damage the reputation of a major symbol of China’s global technology prowess. Europe’s biggest phone company identified hidden backdoors in the software that could have given Huawei unauthorized access to the carrier’s fixed-line network in Italy, a system that provides internet service to millions of homes and businesses, according to Vodafone’s security briefing documents from 2009 and 2011 seen by Bloomberg, as well as people involved in the situation.
Okay. So this is from a while ago. I will give you that. But it is instructive as it shows that there is some evidence that at least some of the accusations that the US and others have made about Huawei have some merit.
Speaking of the US, the folks in Washington does not see any distinction between core and non-core parts of 5G networks and will reassess sharing information with any allies which use equipment made Huawei, a U.S. cybersecurity official said on Monday:
“It is the United States’ position that putting Huawei or any other untrustworthy vendor in any part of the 5G telecommunications network is a risk,” said Robert Strayer, deputy assistant secretary for cyber, international communications and information policy at the State Department. “If other countries insert and allow untrusted vendors to build out and become the vendors for their 5G networks we will have to reassess the ability for us to share information and be connected with them in the ways that we are today,” he said.
Clearly this is meant to pressure countries into not using Huawei gear. I guess this is being served up because of reports that the UK his given Huawei the go-ahead to supply equipment for the UK 5G data network as long as it’s in “non-core” parts such as antennas. It will be interesting to see if that decision gets reversed now that this edict is out. And now that the discovery of backdoors is more than just theory.
UPDATE: Vodafone is now denying the report… The plot thickens.
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