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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1329628" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/cisco-ceo-warns-obama-nsa-load-stations-threaten-the-entire-tech-industry-7000029601/" target="_blank"><strong>Cisco CEO warns Obama NSA 'load stations' threaten the entire tech industry - ZDNet</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Cisco's CEO John Chambers has asked US president Barack Obama to consider new rules preventing agencies hijacking networking equipment at it moves through the supply chain — or risk undermining confidence in the multi-billion dollar US technology sector.</p><p></p><p>In a letter dated 15 May and <a href="http://recode.net/2014/05/18/in-letter-to-obama-cisco-ceo-complains-about-nsa-allegations/" target="_blank">published by Re/code on Sunday</a>, Chambers responded to claims in a new book by journalist Glenn Greenwald that the National Security Agency (NSA) used "load stations" to implant spy beacons on servers and networking gear shipping from the US to particular customers. News reports <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/ciscos-nsa-problem-is-going-to-whack-all-of-us-techs-growth-plans-7000029495/" target="_blank">included an image</a> purportedly of staff from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations unwrapping a Cisco box.</p><p></p><p>Chambers, who said Cisco doesn't work with the government to weaken its own products, believes the intercepts pose a threat to trade and jobs across the US tech sector, and may leave its position in the industry "impaired".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1329628, member: 1"] [URL='http://www.zdnet.com/cisco-ceo-warns-obama-nsa-load-stations-threaten-the-entire-tech-industry-7000029601/'][B]Cisco CEO warns Obama NSA 'load stations' threaten the entire tech industry - ZDNet[/B][/URL] Cisco's CEO John Chambers has asked US president Barack Obama to consider new rules preventing agencies hijacking networking equipment at it moves through the supply chain — or risk undermining confidence in the multi-billion dollar US technology sector. In a letter dated 15 May and [URL='http://recode.net/2014/05/18/in-letter-to-obama-cisco-ceo-complains-about-nsa-allegations/']published by Re/code on Sunday[/URL], Chambers responded to claims in a new book by journalist Glenn Greenwald that the National Security Agency (NSA) used "load stations" to implant spy beacons on servers and networking gear shipping from the US to particular customers. News reports [URL='http://www.zdnet.com/ciscos-nsa-problem-is-going-to-whack-all-of-us-techs-growth-plans-7000029495/']included an image[/URL] purportedly of staff from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations unwrapping a Cisco box. Chambers, who said Cisco doesn't work with the government to weaken its own products, believes the intercepts pose a threat to trade and jobs across the US tech sector, and may leave its position in the industry "impaired". [/QUOTE]
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