China cybersecurity body calls for Intel review over security

HONG KONG/TAIPEI — Beijing should conduct a systematic cybersecurity review of Intel products in the country because the top US chipmaker “continues to engage in actions that harm China's interests and threaten China's national security,” the state-run Cyber ​​Security Association of China has warned. on Wednesday.

The association is chaired by a former senior official of the Cyberspace Administration of China, the industry's main regulator. In a post on its official WeChat account on Wednesday, it said that Intel's central processing units (CPUs) “often” have security holes, but the company continues to sell these compromised parts.