Huawei. Just a few days after that The European Union announces the ref to ban Chinese products, here the authorities in England have discovered that there are serious security problems with them. According to the British Center for Cyber Security, hundreds of vulnerabilities and security problems were discovered with Huawei products during 2018, and reported to mobile phone operators, some of them not being resolved even until now.
Huawei. Although the British have not discovered any clear evidence that the Chinese state is spying on British citizens through the company's products, they accuse its engineers of incompetence in securing the products. The problems that exist in Huawei products can be used by hackers to affect the functionality of mobile networks, or to monitor data traffic between equipment installed by mobile operators.
Huawei. HUGE PROBLEMS with Products Announced by England
Huawei. Although they found large vulnerabilities in the Chinese telecommunications equipment, the authorities still say that the additional security measures of the telecommunications operators make their exploitation more difficult. Experts who analyzed Huawei products to discover vulnerabilities say that they present minimum security guarantees for mobile phone networks, which could lead to the banning of equipment for 5G networks.
HCSEC has continued to find serious vulnerabilities in the Huawei products examined. Several hundred vulnerabilities and issues were reported to UK operators to inform their risk management and remediation in 2018. Some vulnerabilities identified in previous versions of products continue to exist. If an attacker has knowledge of these vulnerabilities and sufficient access to exploit them, they may be able to affect the operation of the network. The Oversight Board continues to be able to provide only limited assurance that the long-term security risks can be managed in the Huawei equipment currently deployed in the UK.
Huawei. The British government postponed the decision regarding the banning of Chinese equipment for 5G networks pending the results of this analysis made by experts. Based on what we see now, there is a very high chance that Huawei's telecommunications equipment will be banned for use within the 5G networks in Great Britain, even though they will be able to be used in the rest of the European Union, and that says a lot. about how security is viewed outside the EU, or inside.
Huawei. The British do not even believe in the promises of the Chinese to solve their problems, because it is not the first time that they have been discovered, and the solution is promised, but in reality absolutely nothing is done.
