There’s now a large body of evidence that China has been behind an array of data breaches, including at the Bureau of Meteorology the departments of Defence, Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Foreign Affairs and Trade and the parliamentary email system. The central concern in the debate over Huawei’s participation in Australia’s 5G network is that Chinese intelligence services could compel or coerce Huawei to leverage its involvement in critical infrastructure to enable espionage.Ĭhina has certainly demonstrated an intent to conduct wide-ranging espionage in Australia. It comprises senior representatives from government and the UK telecommunications sector and a senior executive from Huawei.įor those worried about Huawei’s involvement in Australia’s 5G network, the oversight board’s report does not make reassuring reading. The oversight board was set up in 2014 to assess HCSEC’s performance relating to UK product deployments.

HCSEC is a Huawei-owned facility that was created seven years ago to deal with the perceived risks of Huawei’s involvement in UK critical infrastructure by evaluating the security of Huawei products used in the UK telecommunications market. The UK government released the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre oversight board’s 2018 annual report on 19 July.

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