US cyber official says Europe is listening to its message on China’s ‘deceitful’ Huawei
- People are understanding the US’ point ‘about the security risks that are inherent in this technology coming from China’, says US cyber official Robert Strayer
- The official was part of a US delegation in Barcelona seeking to persuade governments and telecoms operators at the Mobile World Congress
European governments are listening to the US message that China’s Huawei exposes telecoms networks to security risks, a senior US cyber official said on Tuesday.
The State Department official was part of a US delegation in Barcelona seeking to persuade governments and telecoms operators at the Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest wireless fair, to follow the US lead in shunning Huawei equipment.
“People are understanding our point that we are making about the security risks that are inherent in this technology coming from China,” said Robert Strayer, the State Department deputy in charge of cyber and international communications.
“We have been very successful in convincing these governments to work with us to think about these types of threats to their future infrastructure,” Strayer told reporters.
The United States warns that next-generation 5G equipment, which some telecoms experts see as more vulnerable to attack than previous technology, could be exploited by the Chinese government for spying if supplied by Huawei.