Vodafone Found Hidden Backdoors in Huawei Equipment

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Post by jmsflknr » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:34 AM UTC

Vodafone Found Hidden Backdoors in Huawei Equipment
bloomberg.com

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:39 AM UTC

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Post by okket » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:42 AM UTC

"While the carrier says the issues found in 2011 and 2012 were resolved at the time, the revelation may further damage the reputation of a Chinese powerhouse."

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Post by NotPaidToPost » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:43 AM UTC

I'm sure that they're going to find out that some people at Huawei do not wash their hands after going to the toilet.

Do you really want your data in those hands?

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Post by steve19 » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:43 AM UTC

Hard to know from the article, and Bloomberg does not have a good track record, if the 'backdoor' was a vulnerability , an unwanted feature or an actual backdoor.

I might imagine a Chinese headline with "US firm Intel backdoors every CPU", which may or may not be true depending on your feelings on Intel ME

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Post by klagermkii » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:45 AM UTC

This article dances back and forth between saying "vulnerability" and "backdoor", which while they may have the same end result wildly differ in intent.

I can't tell the seriousness of this except for the telnet one.

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Post by SiempreViernes » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:46 AM UTC

NotPaidToPost wrote: post #4

I'm sure that they're going to find out that some people at Huawei do not wash their hands after going to the toilet. Do you really want your data in those hands?

Do the Snowden documents contain any NSA guidelines on sanitation procedures after taking a leak? If they a rigorous the NSA might be up for an unexpected boost in popularity!

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Post by undecisive » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:46 AM UTC

steve19 wrote: post #5

Hard to know from the article, and Bloomberg does not have a good track record, if the 'backdoor' was a vulnerability , an unwanted feature or an actual backdoor. I might imagine a Chinese headline with "US firm Intel backdoors every CPU", which may or may not be true depending on your feelings on Intel ME

Yeah. Quite telling when every quote from Vodaphone uses the word "Vulnerability", not backdoor.

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Post by jdsully » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:46 AM UTC

The article takes a lot of words to explain they left a telnet server open. It wasn’t some super secret hidden thing.

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Post by O_H_E » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:48 AM UTC

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