Fearing espionage, the American nuclear laboratory abandoned Chinese technology

The Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico refused to use the network switches of the Sino-American firm H3C, finding them in its system, reports The Verge. According to a letter received by Reuters, the equipment was replaced after an engineer warned the laboratory about the risk of using devices manufactured by H3C, a joint venture of the Chinese company Huawei and the American corporation 3Com, which was acquired by HP in 2010.

A recent US congressional report noted that Huawei and ZTE pose a threat to national security due to ties with the Chinese military and intelligence services. For its part, Huawei denies any connection with the military and says its products are completely safe to use.

The Los Alamos Laboratory, where the first atomic weapon in the world was developed and produced, continues to play an active role in maintaining America’s nuclear arsenal. According to Reuters, the letter assumes that other H3C devices can still be used in the laboratory, and an investigation is being conducted to replace them. In addition, the lab conducts a formal assessment to determine "any potential risk associated with any of the H3C devices that may remain in operation until a possible replacement."
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Huawei responded by saying to Reuters that there is not the slightest evidence that Huawei equipment is less secure than its competitors, and that discrimination against legitimate transnational corporations because of their country of origin is reckless - “in terms of reinforcing a dangerous false sense of cyber security and in terms of the threat of a free and fair global trading system. "