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Former Pentagon Analyst Says China Can Shut Down All The Telecom Gear It Sold To The US
business insider ^ | Jun. 8, 2012 | F. Michael Maloof

Posted on 06/08/2012 11:48:29 AM PDT by Mount Athos

Chinese companies apparently have a covert capability to remotely access communications technology sold to the United States and other Western countries and could "disable a country's telecommunications infrastructure before a military engagement," according to former and current intelligence sources.

The Chinese also have the ability to exploit networks "to enable China to continue to steal technology and trade secrets," according to the open source intelligence company Lignet, which is comprised of former U.S. intelligence analysts.

The issue centers on the Chinese firm Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., which U.S. intelligence sources say has direct links to the Chinese government and the People's Liberation Army, or PLA.

The problem of fake Chinese electronic components, which were installed by defense contractors without prior testing and are operating in U.S. military systems, is far more widespread than originally thought.

These counterfeit components have been found in sensitive U.S. missile systems meant to thwart the potential of a Chinese missile attack, in night vision devices and in various military aircraft.

"We do not want a $12 million defense interceptor's reliability compromised by a $2 counterfeit part," Gen. Patrick O'Reilly, director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said.

Huawei, suspected of exploiting electronic telecommunications backdoors, continues to sell communications technology in the U.S. and other countries despite a supposed ban on the company that was supposed to keep it from bidding on cellular networks and government contracts, a current intelligence source said.

The electronic backdoor capability reportedly could allow the Chinese government through Huawei and ZTE to access information traveling through telecommunications networks or even sabotage electronic devices, Lignet said.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chicoms; china; espionage; nationalsecurity
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1 posted on 06/08/2012 11:48:35 AM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

DUH! Like we didn’t know that you morons.


2 posted on 06/08/2012 11:50:31 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: sam_paine

ping


3 posted on 06/08/2012 11:53:41 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1235 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
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To: Mount Athos

What about all those iPhones and such?.............


4 posted on 06/08/2012 11:53:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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To: Army Air Corps

ping


5 posted on 06/08/2012 11:56:11 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Mount Athos

Shocking....:( NOT


6 posted on 06/08/2012 11:57:14 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 0bie don' t eat my dog!)
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To: Red Badger

Yup...iPhone. at the precise moment, a previously unknown ap will run featuring a gif of Mao dancing accompanied by the Communist Party Song, “The East Is Red”


7 posted on 06/08/2012 12:02:30 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: Mount Athos

Without even reading the entire article, likely are hard coded burned in chips that are hard to disable. Time to inventory all, one-by-one for replacement, and junk the Chinese sabotaging and espoinage equipment.


8 posted on 06/08/2012 12:03:19 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: autumnraine
Doesn't matter now, they have us by the cajones. We don't even know the extent of the problem yet.
9 posted on 06/08/2012 12:11:54 PM PDT by wolfcreek (A closed eye mentality is the reason for our current reality)
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To: Red Steel

Military systems that are supposed to be secure wouldn’t be on the public internet, so there would be no way for any Chinese parts to get the signal that they are supposed to shut down.

Still, it could really foul up the normal civilian internet which would wreak a hell of a lot of financial havoc.


10 posted on 06/08/2012 12:11:54 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Let me ABOs run loose Lou!)
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To: Mount Athos

Whomever approved defense purchases from the Chinese is, at best” a “gross ignoramus”: 144 times worse than an ordinary ignoramus.

But most likely, they are simply a traitor, worthy of being shot on sight.


11 posted on 06/08/2012 12:13:53 PM PDT by RatRipper (I'll ride a turtle to work every day before I buy anything from Government Motors.)
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To: wolfcreek

Unless this is being addressed, we’re beyond screwed. With no KY.


12 posted on 06/08/2012 12:16:03 PM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: BigEdLB

They could put software into the things that, upon a certain signal from China, would cause them all to shut down, or software that could allow them to eavesdrop on any conversations at will...........


13 posted on 06/08/2012 12:16:22 PM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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To: Mount Athos; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows

My distant cousin who is a high honcho in the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing (long story having to do with the Russian Jewish community in China after the Russian revolution) claims that the iPhones and the iPads among other electronics products manufactured in China have a secret back door that allows the Chinese government to listen in on the calls and the Internet connections. And they do, he says.


14 posted on 06/08/2012 12:20:40 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Mount Athos

We did the same to the Soviets when we sold Poland phone switching equipment with back doors that would have severed communications with their armies in Germany.


15 posted on 06/08/2012 12:20:50 PM PDT by Kozak (The means of defence against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home JM)
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To: Mount Athos

Which is why anything important you send should be encrypted.


16 posted on 06/08/2012 12:24:47 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: unkus

Make me think Russia, China or whoever could drop a few nukes in our laps before we even know what’s going on.

Another reason for Barry to take a hike.


17 posted on 06/08/2012 12:26:53 PM PDT by wolfcreek (A closed eye mentality is the reason for our current reality)
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To: Mount Athos

Here’s an idea.

Stop buying Chinese shit!


18 posted on 06/08/2012 12:29:34 PM PDT by panaxanax (Voting 'Third Party' will ensure a Communist-Marxist-Socialist dominated Supreme Court!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Military systems that are supposed to be secure wouldn’t be on the public internet, so there would be no way for any Chinese parts to get the signal that they are supposed to shut down.

Right. I got the idea from the article that the military stupidly procured Chinese built equipment for their secure DSNET.

[Proudly posting on FR without reading the complete article since forever! ;-) ]

19 posted on 06/08/2012 12:29:53 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel
"Time to inventory all, one-by-one for replacement,..."

Colossus will not be happy.


20 posted on 06/08/2012 12:31:23 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (Another day. Another small provocation. Another step closer.)
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