Posted on 12/02/2019 11:41:40 AM PST by SeekAndFind
While public discussions of U.S.-China relations focus overwhelmingly on tariffs, threats tied to cyberespionage also are getting increased attention from commentators and government officials. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), for example, is tackling problems associated with Chinese firm Huawei, particularly its equipment’s use in next generation (5G) communications networks. Security concerns, however, go well beyond Huawei and beyond 5G.
Any process that incorporates computer chips as well as any process that occurs at the direction of an electronically transmitted instruction is potentially vulnerable to cyber-espionage and cyber-warfare. In the internet age, this covers virtually everything that relies on communication or information-processing. Notably, national-security-related diplomatic, strategic, and tactical communications and operations are at risk from vulnerabilities to concentrated hacking efforts, to potential sources of leakage, and to possible weaknesses in the internal instruction sets that govern computing functions.
Beyond obvious communications, much of what still takes place in the physical realm (including in the military sphere) — driving a car or a tank, piloting a plane, sending missiles toward targets — is governed by instructions communicated at a distance or directed by integrated circuits’ memory and computing processes within the operating equipment. These functions, too, are potentially at risk.
Apart from its announced commitment to cyberespionage, China’s peculiar combination of strong export orientation, state-controlled economy, and authoritarian government poses a special threat. China has developed many firms with low-cost, high-quality products, including in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. Many of its most recognizable firms and products are oriented toward sale in export markets, first and foremost the United States.
Unknown to most consumers, many of these firms also are either state-owned or state-controlled, with large investments from the Chinese government and corporate leadership intimately connected to the government.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
In addition to Huawei, the list includes Lenovo, Lexmark, ZTE and others. Just as state power can be directed at limiting information flows that might threaten current leaders, state control also can be used to pressure companies to take actions that facilitate espionage or permit strategic use of equipment to undermine others.
BTW, eCommerce Alibaba is also controlled by China's government. It has been rumored that founder, Jack Ma was asked to step down as CEO.
We haven’t taken national security seriously since Ronald Reagan left office.
Both Bushes were disasters as were Slick Willy and the Kenyanesian Usurper (who could not have usurped the office without GOP help)
They have a builtin Kill Switch and you know they’ll use it
If national security was taken seriously, we would not conduct business with China and all PRC citizens would be expelled. That horse is already out of the barn however
RE: They have a builtin Kill Switch and you know they’ll use it
Tell me about it. Read this:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/25/asia/philippines-china-power-grid-intl-hnk/index.html
TITLE: China can shut off the Philippines’ power grid at any time, leaked report warns
Thanks for the post/link. BUMP!
Huawei filed a petition with the Fifth Circuit Court in New Orleans, challenging the decision of the FCC to bar Huawei from participating in federal subsidy funding projects, claiming that this violates the US Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3789661/posts?page=69#69
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