The possibility that Wi-Fi router exported from the United States has a wiretap tool installed

ByMatt Newman

Mr. Glen GreenwaldThe GuardianActing as a columnist in the American version of the secret system which can peep directly at personal information on servers such as Google · Apple · Yahoo! "PRISMExposed the existence ofEdward SnowdenHe is also a person who has met directly with Mr. According to Mr. Greenwald, "The US government is installing tools for eavesdropping on computer network equipment such as exported Wi - Fi router"Some of the details are published in The Guardian.

Glenn Greenwald: how the NSA tampers with US-made internet routers | World news | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/12/glenn-greenwald-nsa-tampers-us-internet-routers-snowden


NSA routinely tapped in-flight Internet, intercepted exported routers | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/nsa-routinely-tapped-in-flight-internet-intercepted-exported-routers/


Until now, the US government said, "For Wi-Fi routers and other Internet-connected devices made in China,back doorThere is a danger that the Chinese government is doing spy acts using this, "he continued to warn that importing products of communication equipment manufacturers such as Huawei and ZTE for a long time is dangerous It was.

For example submitted in 2012House Committee report led by Mike RogersIt is written that "electronic equipment manufactured by a telecommunications equipment manufacturer in China may be in violation of American law", criticizing manufacturers such as Huawei and ZTE. Furthermore, although the House Committee of Information does not actually confirm the place where eavesdropping tools etc. are installed in routers and electronic equipment, "Chinese government uses Huawei and ZTE equipment, USA We are in danger of being able to monitor the domestic situation. "

Then, in March 2013, IT systems that were manufactured, manufactured, and assembled by state-owned enterprises in China, enterprises under the influence of the Chinese government, and companies subsidized by the Chinese government are introduced to government agencies The law is prohibited to prohibit it.

At this time, although importation of Huawei products was not completely prohibited, the American private company said, "Security risks that may arise by adding communication equipment made by Chinese manufacturers to enterprise facilities It is recommended that telecommunication carriers and system developers in the United States "use equipment from vendors other than the manufacturers of China" were stabbed by the government as being thinking carefully about the situation. And in April of 2013,Huawei announced withdrawal from the American marketWill continue to.

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However, according to Greenwald, the report prepared by the supervisor of the NSA's Access and Target Development department in June 2010 states that "NSA is a computer network such as routers and servers exported by US manufacturers to overseas customers It collects the equipment before shipping and sees the contents inside and on and on it is done on a daily basis, "he says. NSA secretly embedded the monitoring tool in the recovered electronic equipment before shipment, packed it cleanly again, returned it to the same state as shipped from the factory, and sent it to the original shipping destination.

BySantiago Cabezas

In this way NSA seems to have gathered information from every network and user, and the report has a cheerful toneSIGINTThe know-how necessary for spying activities such as ... ... It is very practical! It is said that it is written.

Greenwald said, "There is a good possibility that China is attempting to snatch back to communication equipment by wiretapping, but the background that the US complains about the dangers of Chinese hardware is that NSA set up a backdoor We are also saying to prevent wear from being replaced by things made in China. "

ByAJ Cann

For information on NSA and Edward Snowden obtained by Mr. Greenwald so far, refer to "No Place to Hide"It is said that it is summarized in the book that it is written.