Huawei and ZTE hardware and software pose security threats: Czech cyber watchdog

Huawei is facing strong headwinds from perceived national security threats from nations around the world due to its close proximity to China’s ruling Communist Party. Nations around the world have concerns that these close ties could enable China to easily snoop around and gather intelligence using Huawei and ZTE hardware and/or software. In a significant…

Alstom and Siemens place their high-speed train technology on the table: sources

The merger has promise since it could create a Franco-German rail company that will be in a better position to compete with China. According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, Alstom and Siemens have offered to divest one of their high-speed train technology in order to address EU antitrust concerns about their merger…

Deutsche Telekom and Orange to exclude Huawei from building their 5G networks

Huawei equipment has a price advantage: sourcing from non-Chinese sources is likely to drive up costs. Security comes at a price. In a significant development, China’s Huawei is facing fresh headwinds in Europe following an announcement by Deutsche Telekom that it would review its vendor strategy; Orange has also stated it would not use its…

Chinese hackers stole missile plans from U.S. Navy contractors

According to the U.S. National Security Agency, Chinese cyber activity in the United States has risen in recent months with the bulk of these attacks aimed at disrupting critical infrastructure. The Wall Street Journal has reported, Chinese hackers have been able to breach and steal a slew of documents,including missile plans, from U.S. Navy contractors…

Data Breaches Could Result In Multi Billion Dollar Fine For Facebook In Europe

Talks about the possibility of multibillion dollars fines being imposed on Facebook surfaced in Europe after a European regulator said on Friday that an investigation into why the largest social media company of the world was repeatedly failing to protect user privacy is being launched by it. After receiving multiple reports of data breaches impacting…

Deutsche Telekom To Review Its Ties With Huawei; Orange Not To Use Huawei In 5G

New challenges have cropped up for Chinese tech giant Huawei in Europe following an announcement by Germany’s Deutsche Telekom about its decision to review its vendor strategy. Additionally, Orange has also said that equipment from the Chinese company would not be used by it for its project of setting up the 5G network in France.…