China said it found that Micron Technology (Nasdaq: MU) products contain potentially “relatively serious” issues with the network’s securities, and warned that operators of critical information infrastructure should stop buying the goods.
The China Cyberspace Administration, which announced a review of the commemorative chip maker micron (in) In late March, it announced its results in a statement Sunday.
“The review found that Micron’s products have relatively serious potential network security issues, which pose a significant security risk to my country’s critical information infrastructure supply chain and affect my country’s national security,” the Chinese regulator said in the statement.
The Chinese regulator’s remarks come as tensions between Beijing and the United States continue to rise over semiconductor supply and, in particular, the progress of China’s chip industry. The United States has been cracking down on the sale of some semiconductor technologies to China on the grounds that these products could be used for corporate or government espionage against the United States.