During press conference On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro showed a Huawei smartphone that China’s President Xi Jinping gave it, calling it “the best phone in the world” and making a bold claim.
“The Americans cannot lose it, neither the spy aircraft nor their satellites,” Maduro said.
The phone looked like a Mate x6A folding phone released by Huawei in 2024.
Obviously, nothing is impossible to scratch, and even less than the US government hackers, who are considered some of the best in the world.
A US-based vulnerability researcher told TechCrunch that because Huawei makes its own material, as well as its own mobile operating system-Harmonyos-its devices are easier.
“There are many more mistakes in their brand new code than on iOS and Android right now,” said the researcher, who asked to remain anonymous to discuss sensitive issues.
Harmonyos – like any software in the world – had errors and needs regular security updates. In the case of Mate X6, Huawei promises monthly security patches However, he also notes that “the number of devices with monthly updates is subject to changes. Some carriers can only support updates on a quarterly basis”.
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Only last month, Huawei Patched 60 Errors in Harmonyos13 of which were classified as “highly seriousness” errors.
Huawei acknowledges that malware can take on his devices and has a page dedicated to the help of customers Who may have taken their devices hacked.
Huawei did not respond to a request for comments.
There is a documented history of US government hackers targeting Huawei. In 2014, Documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed That the NSA had been disturbed and hid backdoors in Huawei servers in China. The hack was so bad that the NSA’s campaigns took up to Huawei’s headquarters in Shenzhen, which allowed them to spy on the communications of the company’s executives and receive information on its products.
“Many of our goals communicate from Huawei products,” the NSA document said, according to the New York Times. “We want to ensure that we know how to take advantage of these products,” he added, to “gain access to networks” worldwide.
Although this was in 2014, it is almost certain that the NSA, the US Cyber Command and others have the mission of Hack Huawei devices and find vulnerabilities for them for espionage purposes. There are potential US government officials, whose only job is to hack Huawei devices and systems. Earlier this year, Chinese government accused NSA of the targeting of Chinese critical infrastructure.
