US warning allies to ditch Huawei, Chinese "spying" equipment

**harrybarracuda** · 28-02-2019, 09:08 PM

I wouldn't touch that with a shitty stick. And her husband hates baldy orange cunto so maybe he doesn't either.

**OhOh** · 01-03-2019, 03:53 PM

Huawei expects to secure 5G contracts in Germany

"Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Co has said that it expects to win 5G network contracts in Germany, which would mark the latest vote of confidence from foreign telecom carriers despite security allegations the company faces in some overseas markets.

Huawei is expected to deliver components needed for building 5G networks to major telecom carriers operating in Germany, namely Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Telefonica, said Vincent Pang, president of Huawei Western Europe, in an interview with German newspaper Rheinische Post.

A group of telecom operators at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, either confirmed new orders or expressed a willingness to do business with the world's largest telecom equipment maker.

Commenting on Huawei's growing overseas contracts, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said on Thursday, "Most countries in the world are still able to independently make choices that are in line with national interests."

At the conference, Etisalat, the largest telecom operator in the United Arab Emirates, announced a partnership with Huawei to launch a 5G network in the country by the end of this year.

Rain, South Africa's mobile data-only network operator, also signed a deal with Huawei to launch the country's first 5G commercial network.

"Mapping out 5G requires a company to have a well-rounded ability to build the network, such as end-to-end construction," said Xiang Ligang, chairman of the Information Consumption Alliance.

To put 5G into commercial use, companies should also take efficiency and cost into consideration, and "Huawei is competitive in all of the above capabilities and has gained a lead on a global scale".

Nick Read, CEO of Vodafone－the world's second-largest mobile operator－said, "Cutting the number of network suppliers from three to two would damage the industry and economic growth."

He said at this year's conference in Spain that barring Huawei "will delay 5G in Europe by probably two years－it will structurally disadvantage Europe".

Huawei has been steadily increasing its 5G contracts despite alleged security concerns it faces in some markets, said Wang Yanhui, secretary-general of the Mobile China Alliance.

The company said at the conference that to date, it has secured over 30 5G contracts in overseas markets and has signed cooperation deals with more than 50 partners.

Huawei expects to secure 5G contracts in Germany - Chinadaily.com.cn

**harrybarracuda** · 01-03-2019, 07:34 PM

Party time at the MSS.

**foobar** · 01-03-2019, 08:19 PM

It's going to be like that time when they got to Iraq and there was no WMD.

**harrybarracuda** · 01-03-2019, 10:22 PM

Germany is going to get the chinkies to sign a "No Spying" agreement.

Yeah, good luck with that.

**OhOh** · 01-03-2019, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Yeah, good luck with that.

Your thinking of the Five Eyes "agreements" with it's allies, oh how they laughed, listening in to Merkel............

**harrybarracuda** · 02-03-2019, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by OhOh

Your thinking of the Five Eyes "agreements" with it's allies, oh how they laughed, listening in to Merkel............

I think they're just honest - refused to sign any agreement, at least the US did.

**OhOh** · 11-03-2019, 11:07 PM

U.S. Warns Germany To Drop Huawei Or Risk Losing Intelligence Sharing

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"Now, it is the US' turn to respond to these "insurgencies" by western ally nations, and as the WSJ reports, the Trump administration has told the German government it would limit the intelligence it shares with German security agencies if Berlin allows Huawei to build Germany’s next-generation mobile-internet infrastructure.
Needless to say, the warning is "likely to cause alarm among German security circles" amid persistent terror threat, largely the result of Merkel's disastrous "Open Door" policies which allowed over 1 million middle eastern immigrants into he country.

Citing a letter dated Friday from U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard A. Grenell and addressed to Germany’s economics minister, the US diplomat said that the U.S. "wouldn’t be able to keep intelligence and other information sharing at their current level if Germany allowed Huawei or other Chinese vendors to participate in building the country’s 5G network.""

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-...igence-sharing

**harrybarracuda** · 12-03-2019, 01:16 AM

Sounds fair enough.

"If you install chinky spying equipment, we won't give you secrets for them to steal".

**foobar** · 12-03-2019, 01:40 AM

More like:

"If you do business with our competition( who are currently thrashing us in the marketplace ) then we wont warn you about terrorist attacks in your country."

**Klondyke** · 12-03-2019, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by OhOh

U.S. Warns Germany To Drop Huawei Or Risk Losing Intelligence Sharing

Isn't it same as their "warning" (read twisting arms) against Russian gas while offering the American gas for double price?

**harrybarracuda** · 12-03-2019, 10:30 AM

Yap! Yap Yap!

**Dragonfly** · 12-03-2019, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Yap! Yap Yap!

yes, you are a good dog harry, we know that already

**harrybarracuda** · 13-03-2019, 01:22 AM

Huawei... The company you can trust.

Huawei caught faking photos again, this time for the upcoming P30 Pro

https://www.theverge.com/platform/am...camera-ad-dslr

**foobar** · 13-03-2019, 01:30 AM

^Don't get carried away HawHaw. Huawei didn't claim they were taken on the upcoming P30 Pro.

We’ve been made aware that there might have been some misunderstanding regarding our recent HUAWEI P30 Series teaser posters. We would like to reiterate that those are, in fact, only teaser posters, and are only intended to hint at the unique new features that will come with the HUAWEI P30 Series. Huawei has acquired the licenses to the original images and the posters are artistic renditions of said features only. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the media for their interest in our posters. We have much to announce in the coming weeks. Please stay tuned!

When you go to McDonald's does the Bigmac in the box look the same as the BigMac in the Advert?
Of course it fucking doesn't, it's called advertising.

**foobar** · 13-03-2019, 01:48 AM

It interesting the US is busy warning(and even threatening) other countries about the fake dangers of Huawei, but are dragging their heels over the very real safety concerns around Boeing passenger planes following 2 crashes in 5 months.

The main difference being that Boeing are balls deep in the Whitehouse

**Texpat** · 13-03-2019, 01:52 AM

Teaser posters. Good one.

**foobar** · 13-03-2019, 01:59 AM

^How's that wall coming along Tex ...you know the one from the Trump advert where it stated the Mexicans would pay for it?

Advertising!

**Texpat** · 13-03-2019, 02:25 AM

Just "teasing" foobar.

**foobar** · 13-03-2019, 04:43 AM

Donald Trump has launched an extraordinary attack on planes “too complicated” to fly after a Boeing 737 crashed in Ethiopia on Sunday.

“Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly. Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT,” Mr Trump tweeted. ”I see it all the time in many products. Always seeking to go one unnecessary step further, when often old and simpler is far better.”

“Split second decisions are needed, and the complexity creates danger. All of this for great cost yet very little gain. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want Albert Einstein to be my pilot. I want great flying professionals that are allowed to easily and quickly take control of a plane!”

**harrybarracuda** · 13-03-2019, 05:30 AM

Originally Posted by foobar

We’ve been made aware that we've been caught bullshitting about our recent HUAWEI P30 Series teaser posters. We would like to offer some alternative bullshit to the effect that we only intended to hint at the unique new features that will come with the HUAWEI P30 Series. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank foobar for being a gullible little twat.

FTFY.

**OhOh** · 29-03-2019, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by foobar

who are currently thrashing us in the marketplace

Huawei's net profit surges by 25%

By Ma Si | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-03-29 10:23

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"Huawei Technologies Co said on Friday that its net profit hit 59.3 billion yuan ($8.7 billion) in 2018, up 25.1 percent year-on-year.

In comparison, the profit growth rate in 2017 was 28.1 percent. The results show that Huawei still maintained a relatively sound momentum in its profit stream, despite its heavy input into the research and development of 5G and the challenges it faced in overseas markets in the second half of 2018.

Its revenue for 2018 stood at 721 billion yuan ($105.2 billion), up 19.5 percent year-on-year. Last year, the company invested 101.5 billion yuan, or 14 percent of its sales revenue, into R&D."

Huawei's net profit surges by 25% - Chinadaily.com.cn

More revenue profit, rather than share buybacks, how tedious.

**harrybarracuda** · 29-03-2019, 01:30 PM

LONDON—Chinese telecom company Huawei has been strongly criticized in the United Kingdom for its security failings.
The board overseeing Huawei equipment in the UK, which is linked to the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) security service, said Huawei had failed to fix long-standing security issues.

In a report released March 28, the National Cyber Security Center said it could give “only limited assurance that the long-term security risks can be managed in the Huawei equipment currently deployed in the UK.”

It follows a similar report from July 2018 in which the board said there was “significant risk in the UK telecoms infrastructure” due to its use of Huawei equipment.

Since that time, Huawei has made “no material progress” to correct security flaws in its equipment, which underpins the UK’s communications networks, according to the report.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/uk-cri...s_2857460.html

**OhOh** · 29-03-2019, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

it could give “only limited assurance that the long-term security risks can be managed in the Huawei equipment currently deployed in the UK.”

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda;39246[FONT=arial

04] there was “significant risk in the UK telecoms infrastructure”

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Huawei has made “no material progress” to correct security flaws in its equipment

Here is the complete list of their comments, for clarity:

"4.The Oversight Board has now completed its fifth full year of work.In doing so it has covered several areas of HCSEC’s work over the course of the year.The full details of this work are set out in Part II of this report.

In this summary, the main highlights are:

i.New secure premises for HCSEC completed-t he previously reported acquisition of new premises for HCSEC had experienced some commercial delays, but has now completed successfully and the new facilities are fully operational;

ii.The NCSCTechnical Competence Review found that the capability of HCSEC has improved in 2018, and the quality of staff has not diminished, meaning that technical work relevant to th eoverall mitigation strategy can be performed at scale and with high quality;

iii.The fifth independent audit of HCSEC’s ability to operate independently of Huawei HQ has been completed, with –again –no high or medium priority findings.

The audit report identified one low-rated finding, relating to delivery of information and equipment within agreed Service Level Agreements.

Ernst & Young concluded that there were no major concerns and the Oversight Board is satisfied that HCSEC is operating in line with the2010 arrangements between HMG and the company;

iv.Further significant technical issues have been identified in Huawei’s engineering processes, leading to new risks in the UK telecommunications networks

;v.No material progress has been made by Huawei in the remediation of the issues reported last year, making it inappropriate to change the level of assurance from last year or to make any comment on potential future levels of assurance.

5.The key conclusions from the Oversight Board’s fifth year of work are:

i.In 2018, HCSEC fulfilled its obligationsin respect of the provision of software engineering and cyber securityassurance artefacts to the NCSC andtheUK operators as part of the strategy to manage risks to UK national security from Huawei’s involvement in the UK’s critical networks;

ii.However, as reported in 2018, HCSEC’s work has continued to identify concerning issues in Huawei’s approach to software development bringing significantly increased risk to UK operators, which requires ongoing management and mitigation;

iii.No material progresshas been made on the issues raised in the previous 2018report;

iv.The Oversight Board continues to be able to provide only limited assurancethat the long-term security risks can be managed in the Huawei equipment currently deployed in the UK

;v.The Oversight Board advises that it will be difficult to appropriately risk-manage future products in the context of UK deployments, until the underlying defects in Huawei’s software engineering and cyber security processes are remediated;

vi.At present, the Oversight Board has not yet seen anything to give it confidence in Huawei’s capacity to successfully complete the elements of its transformation programme that it has proposed as a means of addressing these underlying defects. The Board will require sustained evidence of better software engineering and cyber security quality verified by HCSEC and NCSC

;vii.Overall, the Oversight Board can only provide limited assurance that all risks to UK national security from Huawei’s involvement in the UK’s critical networks can be sufficiently mitigated long-term."

The report is available here:

https://assets.publishing.service.go...eport-2019.pdf

One wonders if National Security Council (NSC) (United Kingdom) receives a similar, publicly available, annual audit report, on all existing and potential supplier's equipment/code/development ability?

Not finding any reference to other companies annual reports, suggests one should assume, that it is only Huawei that has been commented/had it's equipment investigated by NSC?

Any idea why only one company, of the many available, should be selected for this level of scrutiny?

1. Huawei offered to be investigated in this manner,
2. All other companies cited national/commercial security reasons,
3, NSC relies on foreign government agencies, similar to the FAA, located in a dying, unexceptional country one doesn't need to named and just "rubber stamps" their conclusions,
4. A nod and a wink from a competitor, who has been "useful, historically" ?

**OhOh** · 29-03-2019, 07:21 PM

Huawei's response:

Statement by Huawei on the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) Oversight Board Annual Report 2019

"The 2019 OB report again recognises the effectiveness of the HCSEC. As the report says, "The oversight provided for in our mitigation strategy for Huawei's presence in the UK is arguably the toughest and most rigorous in the world. This report does not, therefore, suggest that the UK networks are more vulnerable than last year."

The 2019 OB report details some concerns about Huawei's software engineering capabilities. We understand these concerns and take them very seriously. The issues identified in the OB report provide vital input for the ongoing transformation of our software engineering capabilities. In November last year Huawei's Board of Directors issued a resolution to carry out a companywide transformation programme aimed at enhancing our software engineering capabilities, with an initial budget of US$2bn.

A high-level plan for the programme has been developed and we will continue to work with UK operators and the NCSC during its implementation to meet the requirements created as cloud, digitization, and software-defined everything become more prevalent. To ensure the ongoing security of global telecom networks, the industry, regulators, and governments need to work together on higher common standards for cyber security assurance and evaluation.

Further information:
· The mechanism of collaboration between Huawei and the UK government continues to work properly – the identification of the issues in the OB report is an indication of the HCSEC model working properly.

· The report states that "HCSEC continues to provide unique, world class cyber security expertise to assist the Government's ongoing risk management programme around the use of Huawei equipment with the UK operators."

· Over the past 30 years, Huawei products have served 3 billion people in more than 170 countries, these products have performed above the industry average in terms of system stability and reliability.

· On 27 December 2018, Huawei founder, Mr. Ren Zhengfei, issued an open letter to all employees, entitled Comprehensively Enhancing Software Engineering Capabilities and Practices to Build Trustworthy, Quality Products, to outline the transformation programme and the reasoning behind it.

· The level of assurance provided in this year’s report is essentially the same as it was in 2018.
· The report states that "NCSC does not believe that the defects identified are a result of Chinese state interference."

· The telecom industry requires unified standards for cyber security, which are necessary for its healthy development."

https://huawei.eu/media-centre/press...csec-oversight

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