{"id":1072,"date":"2016-11-29T06:29:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T06:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.201.249.27\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2016-11-29T06:29:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T06:29:16","slug":"dod-joint-staff-issues-cybersecurity-warning-lenovo-computers-handheld-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackopspartners.com\/dod-joint-staff-issues-cybersecurity-warning-lenovo-computers-handheld-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"DoD Joint Staff Issues Cybersecurity Warning Against Lenovo Computers, Handheld Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>DoD Joint Staff Issues Cybersecurity Warning Against Lenovo Computers, Handheld Devices.<\/h1>\n<p>The\u00a0Defense Department\u2018s Joint Staff has warned against the use of equipment such as computers and handheld devices from China-based manufacturer\u00a0<strong>Lenovo<\/strong>\u00a0due to concerns over cyber spying on\u00a0Pentagon networks, The Washington Free Beacon\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/military-warns-chinese-computer-gear-poses-cyber-spy-threat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/bill-gertz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Gertz<\/a>\u00a0writes a J-2 intelligence directorate report stated cybersecurity officials have discussed how Lenovo devices could lead to the integration of compromised hardware into the DoD supply chain and bring\u00a0cyber espionage risks.<\/p>\n<p>The report also tackled alleged attempts from Lenovo to acquire U.S.\u00a0information technology companies in a push to gain access to classified DoD and military information networks.<\/p>\n<p>DoD\u2019s concerns follows previous warnings from\u00a0the Air Force Cyber Command,\u00a0Department of Homeland Security\u00a0and several lawmakers on the risks of using technologies made by companies associated\u00a0with the Chinese government, Gertz\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u00a0research institute Chinese Academy of Science has a 27-percent stake\u00a0in\u00a0Lenovo\u00a0Group.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0National Security Agency\u00a0has previously linked China to cyber spying reports against the Pentagon as well as U.S.\u00a0and foreign defense contractors, the report noted.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><em>Read the full article on <a style=\"color: #ffcc00;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.executivegov.com\/2016\/10\/dod-joint-staff-issues-cybersecurity-warning-against-lenovo-computers-handheld-devices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ExecutiveGov<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defense Department\u2018s Joint Staff has warned against the use of equipment such as computers and handheld devices from China-based manufacturer Lenovo due to concerns over cyber spying on Pentagon networks, The Washington Free Beacon reported Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackopspartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackopspartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackopspartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackopspartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackopspartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackopspartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackopspartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackopspartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackopspartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}