Experts pointed out that the Chinese-made mobile Internet of Things (CIoT) module can collect dynamic information on users, turn the built-in chips of home appliances and cars into "Trojan horses", and attack targets including individuals, weapons, materials and technology supply chains. Search and monitor.

The picture shows the CIoT module of Quectel in Shanghai, China.

(From the official website of Shanghai Quectel Communication Technology Co., Ltd.)

American venture companies: Chinese home appliances and automotive chips are like Trojan horses

[International News Center/Comprehensive Report] China's spying activities are everywhere!

The latest report provided to the British government by OODA Loop, an American risk consulting company, pointed out that the mobile Internet of Things (cellular IoT, CIoT) module made in China can collect user dynamic information and transmit data through the 5G network to connect home appliances and automobiles. The built-in chip of the computer becomes a "Trojan horse", which conducts intelligence search and monitoring of targets including individuals, weapons, materials and technology supply chains. Even light bulbs may pose a national security risk.

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The report published on the 23rd was written by Charles Parton, a former senior British diplomat with experience in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Royal United Military Research Institute (RUSI).

The report emphasizes that the potential national security risks posed by Chinese CIoT modules may be greater than that of Chinese mobile phones and other telecommunications equipment. It is necessary for the UK and other Western countries to exclude such Chinese modules as soon as possible before it is too late.

CIoT can be found in cars, computers, refrigerators, smart watches, smart meters, credit card machines, and other electronic devices that can be controlled through mobile phone applications (App), even including light bulbs and bathtubs.

According to the report, Shanghai Quectel, Fibocom and China Mobile, three Chinese companies, have mastered about 54% of the global CIoT equipment market, and accounted for 4% of the connection service market. The ratio is as high as 75%, and customers include multinational companies such as Tesla (Tesla), Hewlett-Packard (HP), Intel (Intel) and Dell (Dell).

China can use the CIoT module to track the flow of U.S. weapons, deduce whether it is flowing to Taiwan, grasp the personal network of officials from various countries, the movements of security personnel, and the owners of sensitive data, and further carry out incorporation or coercion operations based on this, and even paralyze these systems National infrastructure.

The report calls on countries to exclude Chinese products from their supply chains, and to investigate the use of government agencies as soon as possible.