The U.K. government is launching a review of a vetting process for products from Huawei Technologies, reflecting continuing security concerns about the Chinese company.
Under scrutiny will be Huawei’s Cyber Security Evaluation Centre in Banbury, U.K., which the company set up in 2010 as a way to test company products for possible security vulnerabilities. On Thursday, the U.K. government issued a statement, ordering a review of the center that will look at its effectiveness to protect the nation’s telecommunication infrastructure.
The review comes after the U.K. Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee issued a report in June, expressing concern about Huawei’s alleged ties with the Chinese government, which has been accused of state-sponsored hacking. In particular, the committee was “shocked” that Huawei was able to supply sensitive telecommunication infrastructure to U.K. operator BT without consultation with government ministers.
As early as 2008, the U.K.’s own Security Service had determined that China could theoretically exploit vulnerabilities in Huawei products to conduct espionage over BT’s networks, the committee’s report said.
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