BREAKING NEWS : Huawei HACKS BSNL !!

• Posted by T Ghosh February 5, 2014 - Filed in Technology - #hacking  #telecom scam  - 2,172 views

   Huawei , Chinese telecom giant allegedly hacked state-owned BSNL's network and the government is investigating the matter, Parliament was informed today.
  
  " Minister of State for Communications and ITKilli Kruparani informed the Lok Sabha that he government has constituted an interministerial team to investigate the matter.
  
  There were reports of a mobile tower being impacted a few months ago in coastal area of Andhra Pradesh that was attributed to hacking by the company's engineers.
  
  The written reply of the minister did not share any detail of the incident.
  
  BSNL had awarded a major part of its network expansion tender of about 10.15 million lines to another Chinese company ZTE in 2012.
  
  Huawei was also top contender in this bid but the company declined to supply equipments at low price quoted by ZTE.
  
  Against the backdrop of Chinese companies becoming biggest suppliers of hardware and software to Indian firms a Parliamentary committee in 2012 had recommended that the government test the telecom equipment for security.
  
  The committee has suggested government to consider United States model of auditing telecom equipments that can have serious security implications.
  
  In 2012, a committee of US lawmakers on intelligence warned of cyber espionage threats from telecom networks built by Chinese companies and suggested that American companies considering to do business with Huawei and ZTE should look for other vendors.