Huawei waves goodbye: Why the Chinese tech giant is pulling out of AustraliaĪfter it lured celebrity ambassadors like Sophie Monk, China's tech giant Huawei is pulling out of Australia, among fresh claims it poses a national security risk. Xiaomi is Australia's sixth most popular smartphone brand, according to Statcounter, with 1.36 per cent of the market in September.īut Lithuania Defence Deputy Minister Margiris Abukevicius said he recommended consumers do "not buy new Chinese phones, and get rid of those already purchased as fast as reasonably possible". Potential malware was discovered on three of the third-party platforms.īoth smartphones are currently available in Australia from stores including Kogan and. Red flags were also raised about the Huawei P40 5G smartphone in the report, with investigators finding users were automatically redirected to third-party app stores if the app they were looking for was not available in Huawei's AppGallery.
The analysis also found the Xiaomi phone collected information from apps on the phone and shared it with a server based in Singapore. The feature was turned off in Europe but could be switched on remotely. Target phrases included references to Taiwan independence, head coverings, dissidents, and China. It found Xiaomi's Mi 10T 5G smartphone featured a list of phrases that could be censored from users looking at the phone's preinstalled apps, including its web browser.
The discovery was made by analysts at Lithuania's National Cyber Security Centre, which forensically investigated smartphones from Huawei, Xiaomi and OnePlus. The phones, made by Xiaomi and Huawei, featured 10 serious security vulnerabilities, according to the report, with one handset even designed to censor a list of phrases including "free Tibet," "women's committee" and "the organisation for the liberation of Palestine". Two Chinese 5G smartphones currently on sale in Australia have been identified as potential security risks in an alarming report from a European defence agency. October 2021: Canada due to announce its decision on whether to ban Huawei from its 5G networks after a recent prisoner swap
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September 2021: UK phone carriers are no longer allowed to install new Huawei equipment in 5G networks, though can maintain old hardware July 2021: US finalises $US1.9 billion "rip and replace" scheme to help small telcos remove Huawei hardware from their networks May 2021: India excluded Huawei from the country's 5G trials March 2021: US announces new ban on some 5G equipment being exported for use by Huawei August 2020: Taiwan blocks Huawei equipment from its 5G infrastructure in co-operation with US November 2018: New Zealand telco Spark was instructed not to use Huawei equipment in its 5G network due to "national security risks" August 2018: Then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull banned Huawei from involvement in Australia's 5G network No deals for Huawei smartphones with major carriers Telstra, Optus or Vodafone Closed its cloud and artificial intelligence business in April after just 14 months, citing sanctions and fierce competition Ended Canberra Raiders NRL sponsorship in 2020 after nine years with one year left on its contract Ceased funding a Huawei / James Cook University Internet of Things laboratory in Cairns $30 million National Training and Innovation Centre in Chatswood on Sydney's north shore $60 million telecommunications research and development centre in Burwood, Melbourne, shut its doors in 2019 "Whether it's Finland's Nokia or Sweden's Ericsson or Vodafone or AT & T, we should be dispassionate about assessments." "We need to scrutinise every investment decision we make in anything that has the name 'critical infrastructure' that is provided by a nation state, even a friendly nation state," he said. Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD EditionĪnd as digital intelligence battles intensify, UNSW Canberra Cyber Centre director Nigel Phair warned Australia would have to carefully consider more suppliers.
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