{"id":48540,"date":"2022-09-21T13:15:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T13:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/33862\/US-Considers-Two-More-Chinese-Carriers-Security-Threats.html"},"modified":"2022-09-21T13:15:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T13:15:26","slug":"us-considers-two-more-chinese-carriers-security-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/us-considers-two-more-chinese-carriers-security-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"US Considers Two More Chinese Carriers Security Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added two Chinese companies to its list of communications equipment suppliers rated a threat to national security: Pacific Network Corp, its wholly owned subsidiary ComNet (USA) LLC, and China Unicom (Americas).<\/p>\n

\u201cEarlier this year the FCC revoked China Unicom<\/a> America\u2019s and PacNet<\/a>\/ComNet\u2019s authorities to provide service in the United States because of the national security risks they posed to communications in the United States. Now, working with our national security partners, we are taking additional action to close the door to these companies by adding them to the FCC\u2019s Covered List,\u201d said<\/a> Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.<\/p>\n

The latest additions join Huawei, ZTE Corporation, radio-comms vendor Hytera, video surveillance systems Hikvision and Dahua, as well as Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, plus telecom companies China Mobile and China Telecom, who are already on the list<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new companies earned a spot on the now ten-strong list as they are believed to be \u201csubject to the exploitation, influence and control of the Chinese government, and the national security risks associated with such exploitation, influence, and control.\u201d Therefore, they pose \u201can unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

The FCC essentially believes the companies won\u2019t be able to say no to a request from Beijing that could include espionage or intelligence gathering.<\/p>\n