China’s Upgrade To “Great Firewall” Raises Concerns Of Increased Industrial Espionage

Jan 082013
 
There are concerns that China’s recent revamp of its Great Firewall may open the door to spying to on western companies that use encryption for internal communications.

Ezine PC World says the changes could prove a threat to companies doing business in China: “some observers say this may not only be an effort to stop citizens from reading or viewing Western information, but also to spy on international corporations doing business in the country who encrypt their internal communications.

The Guardian reported recently that the Chinese government is blocking internet services that have been able to “burrow secretly through what is known as the ‘Great Firewall’ …”

 

“A number of companies providing virtual private network (VPN) services to users in China say the new system is able to ‘learn, discover and block’ the encrypted communications methods used by a number of different VPN systems,” the report said. Continue reading »

U.S. Congress Finds Chinese Telecom Giant A Security Threat

Oct 082012
 

A United States Congressional Committee has deemed the world’s biggest telecommunications manufacture, the Chinese Company ,  a threat to national security as it seeks to expand its business internationally.

The China Digital Times says the committee just concluded a year-long investigation which found that Huawei does indeed pose a security risk. From the Wall Street Journal:

The year-long investigation by the House intelligence committee concluded the firm, Huawei Technologies Inc., and a second firm, ZTE Inc., pose security risks to the U.S. because their equipment could be used for spying on Americans.

In a report to be released Monday, the committee recommends that the U.S. block acquisitions or mergers involving the two companies through the Committee on Foreign Investments in the U.S. It also recommends that the U.S. government avoid using equipment from the firms, and that U.S. companies seek alternative vendors for telecommunications equipment.

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