Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Nathan Simington issued a warning that Chinese technology remains embedded in rural internet service providers near sensitive military sites, causing a “pain point” for national security, the Daily Caller reported Tuesday.
In an interview with the Daily Caller, Simington said that despite a mandate from Congress to remove hardware from Chinese telecom giant Huawei in 2019, the effort was underfunded until December. The gap has allowed Chinese equipment to remain in place.
“You probably saw last week that we found undisclosed communications equipment in some Chinese-made solar panels,” Simington told the Caller. “The solar panels have the ability to phone home just like E.T.,” a reference to the 1982 movie “E.T. the Extra Terrestrial.”
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