Venezuela’s president thinks American spies can’t hack Huawei phones | TechCrunch

period Press Conference On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro showed Huawei smartphones that Chinese President Xi Jinping gave him, calling him “the best phone in the world” and boldly claimed compensation.

“Americans can’t crack their spy planes and satellites,” Maduro said.

The phone looks like a MATE X6a foldable phone released by Huawei in 2024.

Obviously, nothing is impossible, and U.S. government hackers are considered the best in the world.

A vulnerability researcher based in the United States told TechCrunch that its devices are more prone to intrusion because Huawei makes its own hardware as well as its own mobile operating system (Harmonyos).

“Their brand new code will definitely encounter more errors than iOS and Android,” the researcher said, who asked to discuss sensitive issues anonymously.

Harmonyos (like any software in the world) has bugs and requires regular security updates. For companion X6, Huawei Committed to monthly security patchesbut also noted: “The number of device models with monthly security patch updates may change. Some operators can only support updates quarterly.”

Last month only, Huawei patched 60 bugs in Harmonyos13 of which are classified as “high severity” errors.

Huawei acknowledges that malware can use its devices, and There is a page dedicated to helping customers Who could be hacked by their equipment.

Huawei did not respond to a request for comment.

There is a history of the history of the US government hacker in Huawei. 2014 Leaked documents by Edward Snowden reveal The National Security Agency (NSA) cut off the backdoor in China’s Huawei servers. The hacker’s attack was so bad that NSA spies’ headquarters in Huawei’s Shenzhen stretched all the way, allowing them to monitor the communications of company executives and get information about their products.

“Many of our goals have communicated about products made by Huawei,” the NSA document said, adding: “We want to make sure we know how to use these products.”

Although that was in 2014, it is almost certain that the mission of the NSA, Cyber ​​Command and others is to crack Huawei equipment and find vulnerability in it for espionage. The only job of a U.S. government employee is probably to hack Huawei devices and systems. Earlier this year Chinese government accuses NSA Targeting China’s critical infrastructure.