In the online magazine "The National" from Dubai UAE, Michael Smith writes about the advances in China's Cyber Intelligence gathering, targeting key political figures across the globe. The Article goes on to talk about the giant telecommunications company Huawei (translation "For China"). Huawei has grown to be an international communications provider, especially in the Middle East. British Telecom is also using Huawei components in its global infrastructure. According to the article the Rand Corporation published, reports that Huawei is closely linked to the Chinese military "which serves a multifacted role as a important customer, as well as Huawei's political patron, and R&D partner." Huawei has recently tried to merge with 3Com but this was blocked by US. government for security concerns. According to the article British Intelligence chiefs are concerned about Huawei's ties to GhostNet Intelligence gathering.
"GhostNet represents a network of compromised computers resident in high-value political, economic, and media locations spread across numerous countries worldwide."
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