Huawei hits back over US 'security threat' claim

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has hit back at US politicians who labelled it a security threat.

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In October the United States House Intelligence Committee warned US companies against dealing with Huawei and another Chinese telecoms firm, ZTE.

A report by the committee asked whether the firms were too close to China's Communist Party and its military.

It also suggested their products and services could pose a long-term security threat to the United States.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20579477

[octothorpe]

1. India has their own share of issues with this company...

given the number of China's cyber attacks on various countries, I wouldn't doubt if there is some merit to these concerns.

[cosmicone]

2. Huawei's 3G and 4G gateways

scan open ports on all systems accessed. Why should a simple USB modem do port scans?

[davidpdx]

3. I honestly would trust the fucking Chinese as far as I could throw them

Both they and the North Koreans are trying to hack our government websites and committing cyberterrorism. They clone our products which are copyrighted through reverse engineering and then sell them.