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Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
10-08-2012, 10:16 PM
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-08/huawei-labeled-cyberspying-threat-faces-u-s-phone-gear-lockout.html

Huawei Technologies Co., which has been shut out from a series of U.S. deals, will have fewer options to win American business after a House committee said the phone-equipment maker may enable Chinese spying.

Enlarge image http://www.bloomberg.com/image/id_D_AOpL1kQ.jpg (http://www.debatepolicy.com/photo/huawei-labeled-cyberspying-threat-faces-u-s-phone-gear-lockout-/246616.html)Huawei Labeled Cyberspying Threat Faces U.S. Phone-Gear Lockouthttp://www.bloomberg.com/image/iH71I5YVAo9s.jpg Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

Huawei Technologies Co. advertisements hang inside the 2012 Mobile World Congress exhibition site in Barcelona, Spain.



Huawei Technologies Co. advertisements hang inside the 2012 Mobile World Congress exhibition site in Barcelona, Spain. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

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(http://www.debatepolicy.com/video/huawei-s-plummer-says-house-report-almost-reckless-wdjt~TtIS6GcjZBX5ANMUA.html)
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bill Plummer, spokesman for Huawei Technologies Co., talks about the company's response to a House Intelligence Committee report that finds Huawei and ZTE Corp., China's two largest phone-equipment makers, provide opportunities for Chinese intelligence services to tamper with U.S. telecommunications networks for spying. Plummer speaks with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television's "Taking Stock." (Source: Bloomberg)



“This puts an established intelligence community stamp on the idea that these are companies that pose a potential serious threat,” Stewart Baker, a former U.S. Homeland Security (http://topics.bloomberg.com/homeland-security/) Department official, said. “They are going to be treated more harshly than other multinationals for the foreseeable future.”
The House Intelligence Committee yesterday urged U.S. companies to steer clear of Huawei and ZTE Corp. (763) (http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/763:HK), citing concerns that the Chinese government could install malicious hardware or software in U.S. telecommunications networks.
Despite a lobbying and public-relations push by Huawei, the report singled out China (http://topics.bloomberg.com/china/)’s biggest phone-equipment manufacturer for particular attention, saying a yearlong probe turned up allegations of bribery, corruption and other illegal behavior that would be referred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (http://topics.bloomberg.com/federal-bureau-of-investigation/) and other government agencies.
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Its far worse than this commentary reveals. Far deeper and more widespread. -Tyr

SassyLady
10-09-2012, 12:28 AM
I remember when the DOD banned use of flash drives because some of them were produced in China and had bugs/viruses.