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   Anonymous
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   http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2012/05/29/chinese-backdoor-in-military-chips/

   Chinese Backdoor In Military Chips?
   So, what was all the hub bub about a Chinese backdoor in chips in US military hardware?

   http://erratasec.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/bogus-story-no-chinese-backdoor-in.html

   Update: the researchers respond
   In this article, the researchers respond to this post. It's a bit humorous, because they simultaneously say that the issues their research exposes are "[Trustworthiness] of chip developers who are subcontracted by military but mainly outsource their designs and chip fabrication to China and India" and "we have no idea why people have linked the Chinese to this as it did not come from us".

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Anonymous
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   http://www.zdnet.com/former-pentagon-analyst-china-has-backdoors-to-80-of-telecoms-7000000908/

   Former Pentagon analyst: China has backdoors to 80% of telecoms

   Summary: A former Pentagon analyst reports the Chinese government has "pervasive access" to about 80 percent of the world's communications, and it is looking currently to nail down the remaining 20 percent. Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE Corporation are reportedly to blame for the industrial espionage.

   The Chinese government reportedly has "pervasive access" to some 80 percent of the world's communications, thanks to backdoors it has ordered to be installed in devices made by Huawei and ZTE Corporation. That's according to sources cited by Michael Maloof, a former senior security policy analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, who now writes for WND:

   In 2000, Huawei was virtually unknown outside China, but by 2009 it had grown to be one of the largest, second only to Ericsson.

   As a consequence, sources say that any information traversing "any" Huawei equipped network isn't safe unless it has military encryption.

   projects taking place in Malaysia with DiGi, Globe in the Philippines, Megafon in Russia, Etisalat in the United Arab Emirates, America Movil in a number of countries, Tele Norte in Brazil, and Reliance in India. and New Zealand

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   mikiem2
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   Add to that, everything I'd read says experts figure most every network has already been hacked/compromised, so where questionable hardware isn't used, that's still no guarantee anything's secure. Seems most everything runs through a server somewhere.

   That said, & in all fairness, the US approach is said to be capture everything, storing it in a HUGE data center, http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Anonymous
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   Thanks mikiem2 " That said, & in all fairness, the US approach is said to be capture everything, storing it in a HUGE data center," not just in the us but in new zealand & (WA) Australia

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   mikiem2
   Moderator

   http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/2012/07/16/gJQAoNvLpW_story.html

   FDA lawyers authorized spying on agency’s employees, senator says

   Congressional investigators said Monday that the chief counsel’s office at the Food and Drug Administration authorized wide-ranging surveillance of a group of the agency’s scientists, the first indication that the effort was sanctioned at the highest levels.

   I guess if anyone wants to have privacy nowadays you need at least one secret identity or something... maybe it's time to revive the Cone of Silence? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone_of_Silence

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   BentlyTCow
   Member

   Mikie, I do believe you are right. This world is missing the sanity, and clarity of mind, of Agent 86 :)

   Posted 12 years ago #

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