Zxmt
Zxmt ( spelling : ZXMT) is an integrated system for monitoring landline, mobile phone and internet traffic from the Chinese manufacturer ZTE .
description
The system is designed to enable nationwide surveillance and to locate users of the networks, listen to voice calls, intercept text messages, gain access to e-mails, chats and monitor the use of the Internet by users.
Export to countries with problematic human rights situations
In 2012, the Reuters agency first reported on the sale of the surveillance system to Iran in 2010. The order, with a total volume of almost 100 million euros, therefore also included the delivery of the surveillance system. It also became known that the Chinese company, contrary to the existing embargo, was delivering telecommunications technology from the USA to Iran, which led to investigations by the FBI . In a legal process, ZTE accepted a fine of over $ 430 million.
In addition, it was reported that the system was also sold to Libya around the same period and was used there under the rule of Muammar al-Gaddafi .
Human Rights Watch reported in 2014 that the system was being used in Ethiopia .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Reuters of March 22, 2012: Special Report: Chinese firm helps Iran spy on citizens
- ↑ Silicion from March 22, 2012: ZTE Sold Surveillance Equipment To State-Owned Iranian Telco
- ↑ a b The Register of July 13, 2012: FBI investigates ZTE cover-up allegation
- ↑ US Department of Justice: Factual Resume
- ^ Department of Justice: ZTE Corporation Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay Over $ 430.4 Million for Violating US Sanctions by Sending US-Origin Items to Iran
- ↑ Radio Free Europe: /24590087.html Libya's Big Brother: Inside Qaddafi's Vast Surveillance Network
- ↑ WIRED of May 18, 2012: Jamming Tripoli: Inside Moammar Gadhafi's Secret Surveillance Network
- ↑ Human Rights Watch, March 25, 2014, “They Know Everything We Do”: Telecom and Internet Surveillance in Ethiopia