![]() Project ID: 42330 China Eximbank provides $943.9 million preferential buyer's credit for Phase 1 of Bar-Boljare Highway Project (Linked to Project ID#42328) Commitment year: 2014 Recipient: Montenegro Sector: Transport and storage Status: Implementation Amount: $ 909.77 million, Constant 2017 USD.Project ID: 52424 Chinese Government provides $230 million grant for New Gwadar International Airport Construction Project Commitment year: 2017 Recipient: Pakistan Sector: Transport and storage Status: Completion Amount: $ 230 million, Constant 2017 USD.Project ID: 85304 China Eximbank provides $3.54 billion of debt financing for China-Laos Railway Project (Linked to Project ID#33726) Commitment year: 2016 Recipient: Lao People's Democratic Republic Sector: Transport and storage Status: Implementation Amount: $ 3.63 billion Constant 2017 USD.Project ID: 30801 China Eximbank provides RMB 2.1 billion government concessional loan for Bui Dam Construction Project (linked to #183, #30709 and #30086) Commitment year: 2008 Recipient: Ghana Sector: Energy Status: Completion Amount: $ 399.92 million Constant 2017 USD.cybersecurity czar, called the insecure GPS device yet another example of a smart Chinese-made product “that is phoning home and could be used maliciously by the Chinese government. Countries with the most users included, by continent: Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Russia. Its research found they included a Fortune 50 energy company and an aerospace company, a national military in South America and in eastern Europe, a nuclear power plant operator and a national law enforcement agency in western Europe. The manufacturer, MiCODUS claims an installed base of 1.5 million devices across 420,000 customers, said BitSight. It also found security flaws in the software of the web server used to remotely manage the GPS devices. The main vulnerabilities: The device comes with a default password that more than 90% of users don’t change, and there is second, obscure but hard-coded password that works for all devices, BitSight found. He said multiple malicious scenarios are possible: First responders’ vehicles could be crippled, or a hacker could shut off an engine and demand a cryptocurrency ransom of victims to avoid calling a mechanic. Using the MV720, which BitSight says costs less than $25 per unit, a malicious user could remotely cut off the fuel line of a vehicle in motion, know a vehicle’s real-time location for espionage purposes or intercept and taint location or other data to sabotage operations, said the principal BitSight researcher on the project, Pedro Umbelino. A person who answered a phone number listed on its website was unable to respond in English.įealty to Trump defines Republican Senate primary in Arizona The Associated Press telephoned and emailed the company but got no response. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency listing five vulnerabilities.īitSight said it tried unsuccessfully for months - beginning in September, with CISA joining it in late April - to engage the manufacturer, Shenzen-based MiCODUS, in discussion addressing the vulnerabilities. The report was released Tuesday to coincide with an advisory from the U.S. The researchers say users should immediately disable the MV720 GPS tracker until a fix becomes available. BOSTON (AP) - A popular Chinese-made automotive GPS tracker used in 169 countries has severe software vulnerabilities, posing a potential danger to highway safety, national security and supply chains, cybersecurity researchers have found.Ī report by the Boston cybersecurity firm BitSight says the flaws could let attackers remotely hijack device-equipped vehicles, cutting off fuel to them and otherwise seizing control while they travel.
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