Lenovo products banned by western governments because of security problems

The UK, U.S. and some other western countries have banned Lenovo’s products within security sectors and defence networks.

Researchers from the Australian Financial Review revealed that there were backdoor and firmware weaknesses in Lenovo chips, which made the products easily to be hacked. But Lenovo claimed that the company was completely unaware of the ban. The company said that their products had been long tested by the company as well as the public sector users, they ensured absolute safety and reliability. And Lenovo accepts the user’s trial, the consumers themselves can determine whether Lenovo’s products meet their safety standards. So far, Lenovo is still a major computers supplier of many western countries’ government departments, which also include Australia’s and New Zealand’s department of defense.

Reports say that, as mentioned above, the hardware “back door” is actually very difficult to be detected. They usually look like a small design problem or a manufacturing defect. To avoid being detected, they will normally hidden until activated by remote.

Some experts believe that preventing a particular company’s products into the country’s high-secretary-level network is not a panacea for guarding against security risks. Because in the context of globalization, many western suppliers set their semiconductor manufacturing plants in China.

Lenovo products banned by western governments because of security problems