{"id":7200,"date":"2018-05-03T11:13:09","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T18:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=7200"},"modified":"2018-05-03T11:13:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T18:13:09","slug":"exchanges-pull-certain-chinese-cellphones-other-devices-over-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=7200","title":{"rendered":"Exchanges pull certain Chinese cellphones, other devices over security concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">The\u00a0<a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/military-benefits\/2018\/05\/01\/benefits-basics-commissaries-and-exchanges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military exchanges<\/a>\u00a0have removed Chinese cellphones, personal mobile internet modems and other electronic products made by Huawei and ZTE, based on concerns about the security risks, a Defense Department spokesman said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">\u201cHuawei and ZTE devices may pose an unacceptable risk to the Department\u2019s personnel, information and mission. In light of this information, it was not prudent for the Department\u2019s exchanges to continue selling them to DoD personnel,\u201d DoD spokesman Army Maj. Dave Eastburn said in an email response to questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Eastburn couldn\u2019t describe the technical aspects of the\u00a0<a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fifthdomain.com\/smr\/rsa\/2018\/04\/19\/future-cyber-threats-are-coming-from-inside-the-architecture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">potential threats<\/a>, citing security reasons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">\u201cThe Department is evaluating the situation and will determine the necessity of a DoD-wide advisory regarding the purchase or use of these devices,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0military exchanges\u00a0have removed Chinese cellphones, personal&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7201,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7200\/revisions\/7201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}