Washington should stop cyberattacks targeting mobile users

A huge slogan board stands in front of the US Capitol building during a protest against government surveillance in Washington DC, capital of the United States, on Oct 26, 2013. The report "Mobile Cyberattacks Conducted by US Intelligence Agencies" released by the China Cybersecurity Industry Alliance on Tuesday exposes how relentless the United States-sourced malicious cyber activities targeting China have become in recent years, especially the malicious cyber activities carried out through the global supply chain. According to the report, the US has conducted intensive malicious cyberattacks and eavesdropping activities against global mobile smart terminals, supply chains, and operators. The US government has taken advantage of its monopoly in telecommunications technology and in the upstream of the telecommunications industry and supply chains, and carried out large-scale and long-term malicious cyber activities, which have been pervasive, targeting mobile phones and even the entire mobile industry ecosystem globally. By exploiting vulnerabilities in SIM cards, mobile operating systems, and apps, as well as deploying customized Trojans or commercial spyware, the US' mobile cyberattacks have actually penetrated every corner of network products such as SIM cards, firmware and operating systems, data interfaces such as USB cables, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular networks and GPS, the data centers of major internet and IT vendors, and even the entire mobile industry ecosystem, as the report revealed.