At a glance.
- ASD found no good way to mitigate risk of Chinese hardware in Australian infrastructure.
- Changes at Data61.
- Governments mull approaches to controlling ransomware.
- Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act reintroduced in the US Senate.
Report: ASD found no way to mitigate risk of Huawei equipment.
After eight months of research, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) concluded that the risks of installing Huawei 5G gear throughout the country’s infrastructure could not be adequately remediated, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Even with “300 separate security measures,” including full visibility into source code, hardware, and updates, Beijing could still switch off the network.
The espionage risks presented by Chinese vendors frequently make headlines, an ASD official observed, but interruptions to critical infrastructure (CI) like water treatment and transportation systems could have even graver consequences. Huawei maintains it would “never comply” with a shutdown order; former Prime Minister Turnbull calls this assertion “laughable.”
Data61 disbands cyber unit.
InnovationAus says a restructuring at Canberra’s Commonwealth Scientific…
