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May 07, 2018 by Marc Handelman in National Security, Hardware Security, Or Lack Thereof

DOD Bans On-Base Sale of Huawei, ZTE Mobile Devices

via Graham Cluley, writing at GrahamCluley.com, comes this interesting story, originaly via Stu Woo and Gordon Lubold, both at The Wall Street Journal, in which, Messrs. Woo and Lubold detail the banning of Huawei and ZTE mobile products from Exchanges On-Base , world wide.

“Huawei and ZTE devices may pose an unacceptable risk to the department’s personnel, information and mission,“ said Army Maj. Dave Eastburn, a Pentagon spokesman, in a statement. “In light of this information, it was not prudent for the department’s exchanges to continue selling them.” - Dave Eastburn, MAJ US Army, a US Department of Defense spokesman - via Stu Woo and Gordon Lubold, both at The Wall Street Journal

May 07, 2018 /Marc Handelman
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