US lawmakers raise security concerns about Chinese cellular modules
MACRO POLICY & REGULATION
US lawmakers raise security concerns about Chinese cellular modules
MACRO POLICY & REGULATION

US lawmakers raise security concerns about Chinese cellular modules

 

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Two US lawmakers asked the Federal Communications Commission to address questions about potential security concerns involving cellular modules made by Chinese companies including Quectel and Fibocom Wireless.

The Republican chair of the House of Representatives China Select Committee, Mike Gallagher, and the panel’s top Democrat, Raja Krishnamoorthi, raised alarm that US medical equipment, vehicles and farm equipment could be accessed and controlled remotely from China if they use Chinese-made cellular modules.

Noting that cellular modules are typically controlled remotely and are the necessary link between the device and the internet, they said that if China “can control the module, it may be able to effectively exfiltrate data or shut down the IoT device. This raises particularly grave concerns in the context of critical infrastructure and any type of sensitive data.”

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