U.K. Found ‘Critical’ Weakness in Huawei Equipment
- Monitoring body said operators took action to address risk
- British government is examining Huawei role in fixed networks
Source: Bloomberg
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British intelligence forced Huawei Technologies Co. to fix flaws in its products that could have put the security of the country’s networks at risk, a government agency said.
“Critical, user-facing vulnerabilities” were found in the Chinese supplier’s fixed-broadband products caused by poor code quality and an old operating system, the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre Oversight Board said in a report. “U.K. operators needed to take extraordinary action to mitigate the risk.”