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April 27, 2020

Kate O'Keeffe / Wall Street Journal

Kate O'Keeffe / Wall Street Journal
FCC Orders Four Chinese State-Owned Telecom Companies to Defend Themselves Against Allegations They Are Controlled by Chinese Government

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ordered four Chinese state-owned telecommunications operators, China Telecom, China Unicom, Pacific Networks, and ComNet, to explain why it shouldn’t withdraw permission for them to operate in the U.S., paving the way for likely license revocations. Both Pacific Networks and ComNet are controlled by the Chinese corporation Citic Group. The FCC said its orders “the companies to demonstrate that they are not subject to the influence and control of the Chinese government.” The FCC further instructed China Telecom to respond to allegations made against it by other U.S. regulators who this month accused it of presenting national security risks and who recommended its licenses to operate in the U.S. be revoked. The concern surrounding all these potential license revocations is that the firms will embed surveillance or other malware into their wares to spy on American government offices or private firms.

iTnews – Security: FCC may halt US operations of state-controlled Chinese telcos
Reuters: FCC may halt U.S. operations of three state-controlled Chinese telecom firms
Bloomberg: FCC Threatens to Bar China Telecom and Others Over Security
FCC: FCC Scrutinizes Four Chinese Government-Controlled Telecom Entities

June 26, 2019

Kate O’Keeffe and Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal

Kate O’Keeffe and Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal
Huawei’s Gear Has Far More Exploitable Flaws Than That of Its Rivals, Half of Firmware Images in Enterprise Networks Devices Contain at Least One Exploitable Vulnerability, Report

Extensive cybersecurity flaws found in controversial Chinese telecom tech giant Huawei’s gear and a pattern of poor security decisions purportedly made by the firm’s engineers were found by researchers at cybersecurity firm Finite State. The researchers found that over half of the nearly 10,000 firmware images encoded into more than 500 variations of Huawei enterprise network-equipment devices tested contained at least one exploitable vulnerability, far higher than the average number of flaws found in devices manufactured by Huawei’s rivals Arista Networks and Juniper Networks. In one instance, Huawei’s network switch registered a 91% risk percentile for the number of credentials with hard-coded default passwords compared against all of Finite State’s entire firmware data set. White House officials who reviewed the Finite State report said the findings revealed flagrant violations of standard protocols such as using hardcoded user names and passwords encoded into firmware.

South China Morning Post: In push to replace Huawei, rural US carriers look to Nokia and Ericsson
MarketWatch.com – Software Industry News: The Wall Street Journal: Huawei equipment is more vulnerable to hackers, experts say
IT Wire: US firms find ways to evade ban on selling to Huawei: report
channelnews: Report Claims Huawei More Vulnerable To Security Risks Than Rivals

May 25, 2019

Chuin-Wei Yap, Dan Strumpf, Dustin Volz, Kate O’Keeffe and Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal

Chuin-Wei Yap, Dan Strumpf, Dustin Volz, Kate O’Keeffe and Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal
Huawei Reportedly Scrutinized Hardware of Rivals in Spy-Proof Chambers Off Limits to U.S. Employees Sparking Fears of Chinese State Collaboration Among Intelligence Officials

A host of intellectual property theft lawsuits and allegations surround the business of controversial Chinese telecom and tech giant Huawei’s business, from the science behind 5G signals to the music in Huawei’s smartphones to the text in user manuals to technology that supports artificial-intelligence applications. According to sources, Huawei reportedly scrutinized the hardware of its rivals in spy-proof electronically secured rooms in Texas and elsewhere around the United States that were off limits to American employees, leading intelligence officials to believe Huawei was handling information more like a state intelligence service, with regimented tiers of secrecy, while relying on a protected communications channel with Beijing. The potential riches U.S. companies could make off of Huawei’s cheaper technology persuaded many U.S. business executives doing deals with Huawei to forgo making official complaints about commercial secrets theft even as they privately sought help from U.S. officials.

February 10, 2020

Aruna Viswanatha, Dustin Volz and Kate O’Keeffe / Wall Street Journal

Aruna Viswanatha, Dustin Volz and Kate O’Keeffe / Wall Street Journal
U.S. Indicts Four Members of China’s People’s Liberation Army on Nine Counts Related to Equifax Breach

Following a federal grand jury in Atlanta returning a nine-count indictment last week, the Justice Department indicted four members of China’s People’s Liberation Army have on charges of hacking into credit rating agency Equifax and plundering sensitive data on nearly 150 million Americans as part of a massive heist that also stole trade secrets from the credit reporting agency. Equifax agreed to a $700 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to compensate victims. However, a cash payout of $125 per consumer was diminished substantially due to the volume of consumers looking to redeem the offer. FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich said the data could be used to target U.S. officials for counterintelligence purposes, although he conceded the bureau has no evidence that this has occurred.

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Search Results for “Kate OKeeffe”

Kate O'Keeffe / Wall Street Journal

Kate O'Keeffe / Wall Street Journal FCC Orders Four Chinese State-Owned Telecom Companies to Defend Themselves Against Allegations They Are Controlled by Chinese Government