US media alleges that Chinese tech firm Huawei has the capability of snooping on US nuclear assets via infrastructure associated with telecom equipment.
CNN was informed by the FBI of the vulnerability in the American Midwest that is of grave concern.The target of the Chinese surveillance is the Pentagon, which deals with nuclear forces.
US Vulnerability
Based on the CNN story last Saturday, the US government has halted attempts to eliminate Huawei communications equipment that the FBI contends could have spied on and impeded communications at US military bases, including those housing nuclear warheads, reported RT.
The Lower House passed $1.9 billion in financing in 2019 to remove Huawei and ZTE telecom equipment amid a wider crackdown on Chinese equipment under the Trump administration.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) told Congress last week that removing Chinese equipment from American networks would cost between $4.7 and $4.98 billion., noted Oacoree.
A Commerce Department probe into Huawei's activities is on the way, even though most of this equipment is in use. President Joe Biden's administration has primarily continued the efforts of his predecessor to eliminate Chinese communications technology. This technology may have presented a serious security concern, according to US media.
Brendan Carr, the commissioner of the FCC, told the news outlet that two more sites in Nebraska and Wyoming with nuclear assets, as well as the cell phone towers surrounding Montana's Malmstrom Air Force Base, which is in charge of many missile sites in the US, all utilized Huawei equipment.
The FBI suspects the telecom equipment could either collect or impede Pentagon communications, a source told the outlet.
Chinese Espionage
It's a scenario where communications for US Strategic Command in control of the country's nuclear deterrence and global attack forces can be interfered with.
The Huawei towers could intercept data if it was transferred back to Beijing. The firm has denied its tech can spy on the West and informed CNN that none of its equipment imported to the US violates any FCC regulations or has access to any military-controlled communications spectrum.
This Beijing Technology company said in a press release that it has a well-established reputation in cyber security and has never been involved in any malicious cyber security events over the past 30 years, citing the Daily Sun.
Competition Between the US, China
Joe Biden is engaging Beijing in an attempt to stop its surge that has been unstoppable of late; he and theFBI Director Christopher are considering fighting the PLA and getting more combat assets, and many are saying that it's not an even field for the US.
The most recent National Defense Strategy names China as the main aggressor in the Indo-Pacific. The US military, attempting to rally its allies into formal and informal alliances against Beijing, claims that the threat posed by the tech firm predates the Trump and Biden administrations.
Beijing has also asserted that American tech companies gather information from within China amid US accusations and Chinese denials.
Due to worries that its cameras could be used to record sensitive information, Tesla vehicles have been prohibited from several areas in China, including the resort town where the Chinese leadership takes its annual summer retreat.
US media outlet CNN has reported US government agencies are looking to Huawei as a potential eavesdropper on nuclear assets via telecom structures.
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