The presence of Chinese firms in
Italuy's strategically important 5G sector is "concerning",
privacy watchdog chief Antonello Soro said after talks with the
parliamentary intelligence oversight body COPASIR Wednesday.
Cybersecurity threats, he said, "are destined to grow
exponentially with the development of 5G, with which the attack
surface is amplified in a geometric progression".
He said "the concern, expressed by us over the previous
months, over the presence in this strategic sector of Chinese
firms, must be read in this perspective, with information flows
that inevitably stem from it".
In signing up for China's vast infrastructure scheme the Belt
and Road Initiative (BRI) on Saturday, the government stressed
that the 5G sector would not be involved.
Italy is the first Group of Seven member to join the
ambitious and controversial initiative.
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