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We wrote years ago about a spying scandal involving Apple and Amazon, among others. Huawei has been banned from US government offices for some time, in 2012 a Congressional resolution identified the use of Huawei’s telecommunications equipment as a national security risk.
In 2018, Bloomberg leaked, according to government sources, that chips that could provide a hardware gateway to networking could be added to servers at Super Micro Computer’s Chinese assembly plants. The plan was for the attackers to gain company secrets and gain access to national security networks.
The allegations come mainly from America, and Huwei and ZTE are also installing Chinese spying devices, but so far indirect evidence has been that the companies have been spying, including a report written by British experts.
Australian case
Bloomberg one now Uncover a chain of events Which revealed key details of an Australian spying case in which Huawei hacking spies took action. The 2012 case of the world’s largest telecommunications company has not been made public yet, which may have indirectly launched a US investigation.
The Australian spying began with a software update sent by Huawei to its devices in Australia that contained malicious code. The agency’s investigative reporters reported that this case was confirmed by nearly two dozen national security officials. Not only did the news agency talk to them, they were also shown seven evidence revealed by Australian authorities.
Huawei sent an update to Huawei devices from an unnamed major Australian carrier, which initially appeared to be a completely legitimate update but contained the previously mentioned malicious code. Code working as a listening device:
The program reprogrammed the infected device to record all throughput and then redirected it to China, and after a few days the program self-destructed to remove traces.
The Australian National Security Service discovered that Chinese spies were behind the operation, and infiltrated the Hue region.
Bloomberg acknowledged that no evidence was found that Huawei’s management was involved in the operation or knew of the attack.
Based on the Australian experience, US national security experts then conducted investigations and found a similar case. This may have been the point at which the US authorities launched a crackdown on Chinese companies.
