{"id":1828274,"date":"2023-01-30T07:05:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1828274"},"modified":"2023-01-30T07:05:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:05:56","slug":"governments-warned-chinese-cellular-chips-pose-next-biggest-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governments-warned-chinese-cellular-chips-pose-next-biggest-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Governments Warned Chinese Cellular Chips Pose Next Biggest Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgovernments-warned-chinese-cellular-chips-pose-next-biggest-threat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1828274&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/china-smart-city-huawei-zte-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses data from microchips to create its own database.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ccp\">CCP<\/a>) could monitor activities all over the world in people\u2019s homes, as well as weapons deployment, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>The report (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oodaloop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cellular_IoT_Paper_JAN_Master_PDF.pdf\">PDF<\/a>), written by British China researcher and former diplomat Charles Parton for Washington-based consultancy OODA, calls on free and open countries to ban\u00a0Chinese-manufactured Internet of Things (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-iot\">IoT<\/a>As soon as possible, remove the modules from their supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>It follows \u201cat least one\u201d hidden Chinese IoT module \u201ccapable of transmitting location data\u201d was a>=&#8221;https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/mps-push-for-tighter-rules-on-uk-public-procurement-from-hostile-states_4974715.html&#8221;>reportedly Found<\/a> during\u00a0a sweep of the UK\u2019s government and diplomatic cars.<\/p>\n<p>IoT stands for the\u00a0Internet of Things, which includes devices that can collect data, communicate with each other, send data to\u00a0back-end systems, and act on the information collected.<\/p>\n<p>It is more widespread as cities, factories, and homes become more connected to it. \u201csmart,\u201d including mobile-controlled light\u00a0bulbs, thermostats, smart security systems, medical monitoring devices, watches and other wearable devices, or equipment and control systems in smart industries and smart cities.<\/p>\n<p>Parton sent the report to UK to warn countries about the threat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not yet awake to this threat. China has spotted an opportunity to dominate this market, and if it does so it can harvest an awful lot of data as well as making foreign countries dependent on them,\u201d He told the story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/01\/23\/china-could-spy-millions-britons-household-objects-like-fridges\/\">The Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Parton spent 22 of his 22-year diplomatic career in China, Hong Kong, or Taiwan. He continues to speak and advise the British government on China and the parliament.<\/p>\n<h2>Economic and Security Risques<\/h2>\n<p>In his report, Parton said cellular\u00a0IoT modules are often used in \u201csettings that are part of critical national infrastructure,\u201d such as\u00a0energy, transportation, communications, and finance, making it\u00a0dangerous to depend on companies controlled by the CCP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the immense importance of these modules to modern industry and life, this would make other countries highly vulnerable to a threat to withhold supplies. Dependency is dangerous when it is in the hands of the CCP, a potential, if not actual, hostile power,\u201d He wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Parton also said using Chinese\u00a0IoT modules in critical national infrastructure and key industries could enable\u00a0more espionage and theft of intellectual property, allow\u00a0\u201cdetailed surveillance in smart cities,\u201d Or give bad actors the chance to sabotage systems.<\/p>\n<p>To find out about weapons manufacturing in the United States,\u00a0the Chinese intelligence services may be able to \u201cbuild up a worryingly accurate picture of how many spare parts or weapons systems have been transported and to where\u201d by using data harvested by\u00a0IoT modules embedded in the supply chains and logistics system, he said in one example of the potential risks.<\/p>\n<p>Parton also stated that the IoT modules installed in American farming equipment can gather detailed information about crop yields. This gives the CCP an advantage in grain contracts negotiations and business takeovers, and allows the regime to slap. \u201cmore accurately targeting sanctions on American growers for political ends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On an individual level, the CCP could collate data harvested from a wide range of sources, including government systems and individuals\u2019 interactions with IoT devices, such as car computers, domestic appliances, or wearable devices, and use artificial intelligence to find out their identities, habits, contacts, and finances, making it easier to target key government workers or dissidents.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Trojan Horse\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Chinese dominance in IoT modules also poses a threat to other countries\u2019 values \u201cunder the seemingly innocuous Trojan horse of \u2018Smart Cities,&#8217;\u201d which is a euphemism for the CCP\u2019s surveillance in the northwest Xinjiang region and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Quectel and Fibocom, two Chinese companies that lead the global IoT market, control almost half of the world\u2019s market share in terms of IoT module shipments, thanks to their competitive price and\u00a0maintenance contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Parton stated that their competitive advantage is \u201cbuilt on the back of the work given to them by the CCP in policing the minority population in Xinjiang.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China Mobile, Fibocom, Quectel and Fibocom control more than half the global IoT market.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not yet a \u201clost cause\u201d because a big chunk of their share is China\u2019s domestic market, Parton said, warning free and open countries to stop the CCP-controlled and subsidised Chinese companies from increasing their global market share.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, countries would risk losing their own IoT industries and depending upon the CCP for\u00a0cellular IoT modules, he said.<\/p>\n<p>In his recommendations, Parton said countries should take steps to ban Chinese\u00a0IoT modules from their supply chains as soon as possible, including a \u201cthorough audit\u201d of where these modules are embedded in\u00a0government properties and services, and in critical national infrastructure, a ban on buying new Chinese IoT modules by the end of this year, and a deadline to replace existing products, possibly by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses data from microchips to create its own database.CCP) could monitor activities all over the world in people\u2019s homes, as well as weapons deployment, according to a report. 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