LONDON: British telecoms group Vodafone tackled a security flaw with Huawei technology a decade ago, it was revealed Tuesday amid widespread concerns over the Chinese giant developing 5G networks abroad. Bloomberg reported that Vodafone, Europe's biggest mobile phone company, identified hidden so-called backdoors in software that could have handed Huawei unauthorized access to the carrier's fixed-line network in Italy used to connect to the internet. The financial news wire cited Vodafone's security briefing documents from 2009 and 2011. Software vulnerabilities are an industry-wide challenge." His comments Monday came after media reports said Prime Minister Theresa May had conditionally allowed Huawei to build the UK 5G network.

Source: Mint April 30, 2019 14:03 UTC