Major Chinese electronics and smart hardware company. Founded in 2010 by Lei Jun, headquartered in Beijing.
Security researchers in 2024 discovered 20 vulnerabilities in Xiaomi's HyperOS/MIUI software, including flaws in system apps that could allow unauthorized data access and remote exploitation.
Xiaomi's 2023 ESG report showed the company achieved 95.94% of its product recycling target and significantly expanded its use of renewable energy across manufacturing operations.
Lithuania's National Cyber Security Centre found that Xiaomi phones contained a built-in module capable of censoring 449+ keywords related to Tibet, Taiwan independence, democracy movements, and other politically sensitive terms.
ASPI's 2020 report identified Xiaomi as one of 83 companies whose supply chains benefited from Uyghur forced labor transfer programs. KnowTheChain later scored Xiaomi 5 out of 100 on forced labor safeguards.
Xiaomi faced multiple complaints for failing to release kernel source code for its devices as required by GPL licensing, violating open source community norms and legal requirements.