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It’s hard to say on this one. There is a pretty extensive history of Chinese govt spying via consumer products [0]. Having worked formerly with the intelligence

It’s hard to say on this one. There is a pretty extensive history of Chinese govt spying via consumer products [0]. Having worked formerly with the intelligence community, they tend not to tip their hand when they are aware of asymmetrical information. It’s plausible that the determination was made that there were backdoors/spy equipment/whatever in the products, so no audit or smooth talking from corp representatives would make a difference in this case, given the supply chain remains controlled by an adversary. If you don’t trust that an audit can be executed with integrity then there’s not much point in conducting one at all. The fact that this has been extended to all foreign drones does make that feel like more of a political statement though, or at the very least the original intent is being hijacked for political theater. 0. https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa25-239a https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa...

MarioMan 9mo ago
The link you shared details hacker groups exploiting consumer hardware. This is very different than selling compromised, backdoored hardware.
- appplication 9mo ago
  Intent is of course tricky to prove, but there is overwhelming evidence that’s Chinese government views the role of Chinese companies in the consumer electronics supply chain as a strategic, exploitable asset. > Huawei has a history of IP theft and security incidents related to backdoors and malware going back nearly 20 years. > ZTE has been accused of including unusual backdoors in some products and was caught selling equipment containing U.S. technology to Iran and North Korea, in violation of trade agreements. … Security researchers, however, noted that the backdoors were “highly unusual” and appeared intentional because they were supporting software updates. Source: https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112475/documents/HHRG-117-IF16-20210421-SD011.pdf https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112475/documents/...

MarioMan 9mo ago

The link you shared details hacker groups exploiting consumer hardware. This is very different than selling compromised, backdoored hardware.

appplication 9mo ago
Intent is of course tricky to prove, but there is overwhelming evidence that’s Chinese government views the role of Chinese companies in the consumer electronics supply chain as a strategic, exploitable asset. > Huawei has a history of IP theft and security incidents related to backdoors and malware going back nearly 20 years. > ZTE has been accused of including unusual backdoors in some products and was caught selling equipment containing U.S. technology to Iran and North Korea, in violation of trade agreements. … Security researchers, however, noted that the backdoors were “highly unusual” and appeared intentional because they were supporting software updates. Source: https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112475/documents/HHRG-117-IF16-20210421-SD011.pdf https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112475/documents/...