China’s Ministry of State Security Accuses Foreign Companies of Illegal Mapping Intel and Tesla Cleared Overnight

Prior to this, the official website of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Natural Resources reported on Tuesday (October 15) that Alibaba Cloud’s Class A survey and mapping certificates had been suspended. To this end, Alibaba Cloud responded on its official Weibo on Thursday (October 17), “We actively applied for deregistration in April this year, but we only announced it the day before the – what. It has nothing to do with last night’s incident. “

In addition, Tesla Vice President of External Affairs Tao Lin, Geely Holding Group Senior Vice President Yang Xueliang and other business people clarified on Weibo on Wednesday night, stressing that operations are compliant and legal .

However, the Geely Ji Krypton 001 old new energy vehicle is equipped with the smart driving solution of Mobileye, an autonomous driving company owned by the American chip manufacturer Intel.

Coincidentally, on the same day, the WeChat public account of the China Cyberspace Security Association also cited Intel products as having problems such as frequent security vulnerabilities, poor reliability, user monitoring, and hidden doors.

The article even criticized Intel, which has made a lot of money in China, but still threatens China’s national security and makes the US government happy to suppress Chinese companies.

Although the China Cyberspace Security Association is a non-governmental organization, they have close ties to China’s network regulatory authorities and have hosted a number of cybersecurity activities. The current chairman of the association, Zhao Zeliang, is a member of the Economic Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and a former deputy director of the Cyberspace Administration of China.

Therefore, some believe that this could be a precursor to China launching a formal investigation into Intel.

Last May, China’s Cyberspace Administration ordered the country’s critical infrastructure to stop buying Micron Technology products because they pose a serious threat to cybersecurity and affect national security. .

To this end, Mobileye China issued a statement on its official Weibo early Thursday morning, confirming that it is in relevant countries and regions, including China, operating in full compliance with the law under the supervision of qualified partners and strictly adhere to the relevant laws and regulations. regulations to ensure they operate to the highest safety and compliance standards.

In an interview with Lianhe Zaobao, Lin Yaling, an associate researcher at Taiwan’s National Defense and Security Research Institute, analyzed that since the Sino-US technology war, the Chinese mainland has continued to strengthen data export guidelines The next step in strengthening the drive of smart cars for data management is the national security department.

Regarding Intel’s disclosure of network security review, Lin Yaling concluded that at the end of last year, it was reported that mainland government agencies and state-owned enterprises were banned from purchasing official computers and servers equipped with leading processors from brands such as Intel. and AMD. If there is further cyber security scrutiny of Intel in the future, it means that the scope of the relevant ban may be extended to the private level.

She believes that Beijing is gradually encouraging the substitution of domestic semiconductor supply chains for foreign brands. “Whether it’s chips or other different links in the supply chain, the market is needed to validate products, so China is really starting to use the market itself to give domestic manufacturers a chance to try and make mistakes. “