{"id":1994727,"date":"2023-08-08T19:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T23:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-us-lawmakers-raise-security-concerns-about-chinese-cellular-modules\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T19:31:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T23:31:25","slug":"two-us-lawmakers-raise-security-concerns-about-chinese-cellular-modules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-us-lawmakers-raise-security-concerns-about-chinese-cellular-modules\/","title":{"rendered":"US lawmakers express security concerns over Chinese cellular modules."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Ftwo-us-lawmakers-raise-security-concerns-about-chinese-cellular-modules%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=1994727&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By David Shepardson<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-led-by-longtime-trump-attorney-argues-impeachment-trial-unconstitutional\/\" title=\"Group Led by Longtime Trump Attorney Argues Impeachment Trial Unconstitutional\">address questions<\/a> about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-us-lawmakers-raise-security-concerns-about-chinese-cellular-modules\/\" title=\"US lawmakers express security concerns over Chinese cellular modules.\">potential security concerns involving cellular \u200dmodules made<\/a> by\u2064 Chinese companies including Quectel\u00a0and\u00a0Fibocom Wireless.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Republican chair of the\u200d House of Representatives \u2064China Select \u200bCommittee, Mike Gallagher, and the panel\u2019s top Democrat, Raja Krishnamoorthi, in a letter to\u200c FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel raised alarm that U.S. medical\u200c equipment, vehicles and farm equipment could be accessed \u2062and controlled \u200dremotely from\u2064 China if they\u2062 use Chinese-made cellular modules.<\/p>\n<p>An FCC spokesperson said the\u200c commission \u2063\u201cwill \u200dclosely review the committee\u2019s letter. We take very seriously the security of \u200cU.S. networks and equipment\u201d and noted commissioners have \u201ctaken strong actions \u2062on a bipartisan basis\u200c to remove untrustworthy equipment and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-to-text-every-phone-in-the-country-with-boxing-day-corona-booster-reminder\/\" title=\"UK Govt to Text Every Phone in the Country with Boxing Day Corona Booster Reminder\">network operators<\/a> from U.S. networks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The companies did \u2062not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Cellular \u2064modules \u200bare components that enable internet of things (IoT) devices\u2064 to \u2064connect to the internet. Noting that they are typically controlled remotely and are the necessary link\u200d between the device\u2064 and the internet, the \u2062lawmakers said that \u200cif China \u201ccan \u200bcontrol the module, it may be able to effectively \u200dexfiltrate data or shut down the IoT device. This raises particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-to-review-boston-bomber-case-might-reinstate-death-sentence\/\" title=\"Supreme Court To Review Boston Bomber Case, Might Reinstate Death Sentence\">grave concerns<\/a> \u200cin \u200dthe context \u200dof critical infrastructure and any type of sensitive data.\u201d\u2063 <\/p>\n<p>In September, the FCC named Chinese telecom companies Pacific Networks, its wholly owned subsidiary ComNet (USA),\u200d and China Unicom (Americas)\u200b as threats to U.S. national security under a 2019 law aimed at protecting communications networks.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2021, the FCC initially designated five Chinese companies under its \u201cCovered List\u201d \u2013 including Huawei Technologies, ZTE, Hytera Communications, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology and Zhejiang\u200b Dahua Technology.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers asked the FCC to consider using the Covered List \u2063to \u200daddress Chinese-owned\u2062 cellular modules and to answer if the commission can track the \u200bpresence of Quectel, Fibocom and other modules provided \u2064by Chinese companies.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the Chinese Embassy in Washington said \u200dthe FCC \u201cabused\u200d state power and maliciously \u2063attacked Chinese telecom \u2063operators again without factual basis.\u201d Huawei has repeatedly denied\u200d allegations of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2064(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Leslie Adler and Lisa Shumaker)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/two-us-lawmakers-raise\/attachment\/file-photo-fcc-commissioners-testify-before-u-s-congress-in-washington\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/two-us-lawmakers-raise\/attachment\/file-photo-members-of-the-house-permanent-select-committee-on\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/two-us-lawmakers-raise\/attachment\/u-s-house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-holds-news-conference-about-congressional\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>The Houston Astros\u2063 visit the White House following their 2022\u200c World Series win<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Nearly \u200dtwo years\u200c ago, 13 U.S. service members were killed \u2063during the withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Two Conservative Groups recently filed a \u200clawsuit to block the Biden\u200d Administration\u2019s plan to cancel Student Loans.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>President Trump is not alone in his \u200dcalls to move the\u200c January 6 \u2064trial to West Virginia as the state\u2019s Attorney General Patrick Morrisey\u2062 has echoed the same call<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>BENGALURU (Reuters) \u2013 South Korea\u2019s Hyundai Motor Group said \u2063on Tuesday it \u2063plans to launch more \u2062electric vehicles under the Hyundai and\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>BERLIN (Reuters) \u2013 German technology\u200c group Robert \u2063Bosch said on Tuesday that it will establish\u200b a joint venture with\u200b TSMC, Infineon and\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>TAIPEI (Reuters) \u2013 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing \u2064Co (TSMC) said on Tuesday that its\u200c board had approved a 3.5 billion euro ($3.8 billion)\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) \u2013 Meta Platforms is asking a\u2064 court in \u2062Norway to\u200b stop a fine the Nordic country\u2019s\u2064 data\u2026 \u2063 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two US lawmakers, Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi, have urged the FCC to address security concerns related to Chinese cellular modules made by Quectel and Fibocom Wireless. 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