Huawei under investigation for having tech installed near US missile silos
The Biden administration has quietly probed Huawei over fears cell towers outfitted with its hardware could be spying on US military bases and missile silos., was opened by the US Commerce Department in early 2021, subpoenaing Huawei in April for information on"the company's policy on sharing data with foreign parties that its equipment could capture from cell phones, including messages and geolocational data.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said that cell towers around Montana's Malmstrom Air Force Base, which oversees part of the US's missile fields, contain Huawei technology. Intercontinental ballistic missile silos in Nebraska and Wyoming are also adjacent to cell towers that run on Huawei tech. Reuters failed to find any information that would help it determine the location and scope of Huawei equipment near US military facilities, or whether such equipment was capable of collecting the information US authorities claim.The US government has cracked down aggressively on Chinese tech companies since athat put telecommunications equipment coming from"foreign adversaries" like China and Russia under close scrutiny.
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