EU tech chief sounds alarm over Spain’s Huawei contract

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The European Commission considers that the contract signed by the Ministry of the Interior with the Chinese giant Huawei to store information on wiretapping "may potentially create a dependency of a high-risk provider in a sensitive sector, which would increase the risk of foreign interference."With all caution, but also clearly, the Community executive has responded to a written question sent by Vox MEPs about these relations between a European…

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The European Commission warns that the contract signed by Interior with the Chinese company Huawei for the storage of judicial wiretapping is a risk not only for Spain, but also for the entire EU because it "increases the risk of foreign interference." Thus the vice president of the Community Executive Hena Virkkunen has answered a question posed by Jorge Buxadé (Vox) in this regard. "The contract concluded by the Spanish Ministry of the Interio…

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The Popular Party has once again lashed out harshly at Pedro Sánchez after a day that, in the words of Miguel Tellado, "exemplifies the daily chaos" Spain is experiencing under this administration. The PP's secretary general listed three open fronts that, in his opinion, confirm the government's incompetence: the failures with the anti-abuse bracelets that have led to the acquittal of attackers, the European Commission's warning about the risk o…

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At the legal level, the award involves compliance with the National Security Scheme and EU directives governing critical infrastructure providers in telecommunications, as well as the EU's 5G security recommendations.On the other hand, the contract raises questions about national security governance, transparency in the technical and administrative controls of the Sitel system, and the possibility of setting more stringent standards to avoid tec…

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European Commission Vice-President for Technology Autonomy, Security and Democracy, Henna Virkkunen, warned this Wednesday of the danger of external interference arising from the contract between the Ministry of the Interior and China Huawei, as it generates "potentially a dependence" on a supplier considered by the EU to be "high-risk" in a strategic area.