The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added Pacific Network Corp, along with its subsidiary ComNet (USA) LLC and China Unicom (Americas) Operations Limited, to its list of considered communications equipment and services. is a threat to national security. .
The agency said the companies are subject to Chinese government exploitation, influence and control, and could be forced to comply with communications interception and misrouting requests, if they are not able to challenge them. aware of those requirements.
The Bureau of Public Safety and Homeland Security also noted that equipment and services from ComNet and China Unicom could provide opportunities for the Chinese government to conduct espionage and intelligence-gathering activities. against America.
In addition, they could also provide the Chinese government with the strategic ability to “target, collect, alter, intercept, and reroute network traffic.”
China Unicom also earned a spot on the list for being a state-owned operator of China and engaging in commercial relationships with Chinese entities that violate “U.S. national security and interests.” economic benefit.”
This development comes almost six months after the FCC added the company network security Kaspersky of Russia as well as China Telecom (Americas) Corp and China Mobile International USA at the end of March 2022.
Other entities that have been added to the list so far as of March 2021 include Company Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corporation, Hytera Communications Corporation, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company and Dahua Technology Company.
News of the latest additions to the List in question also follows calls from the Departments of Defense and Justice to address vulnerabilities that threaten the security of internet routing.
“Known vulnerabilities in Border Gate Protocol (BGP), which regulates the routing of internet traffic, continue to put commercial data and communications of US individuals and commerce at risk. stolen, spied on and sabotaged by foreign adversaries,” the agency said in a statement last week.
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