Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant, has insisted in recent years that it operates within the bounds of local and international laws and norms.
Huawei, which makes smartphones as well as gear for connectivity, including the forthcoming super-fast 5G networks, has been largely barred from business in the United States for some time, partly over suspicions that it could build "Back doors" into its equipment for spying or network mischief.
According to the indictment, Huawei's approach resembles that of the Chinese state: It is unbound by a rules-based, law-governed international order, and it is determined to succeed by using theft and duplicity.
In one case described in the indictment unveiled Monday by the Justice Department, Huawei headquarters in China instructed its employees in the United States to steal the design of a mobile-phone-testing robot developed by T-Mobile.
Huawei engineers were repeatedly encouraged to carry out theft, and, the indictment says, on May 29, 2013, a Huawei engineer visiting T-Mobile slipped a robot arm into his bag and walked out of the laboratory.
The indictment charges that Huawei misled the U.S. government and banks about business that violated Western sanctions against Iran.
If the charges in the indictments are true, then it is clear Huawei intentionally snubbed its nose at international norms and laws, which in turn means it could pose a potentially large national security risk to the West.
https://www.eastoregonian.com/opinion/columnists/other-views-future-technology-at-risk-of-sabotage/article_c8c883d8-25b6-11e9-89a0-cbcbf3517971.html
Huawei, which makes smartphones as well as gear for connectivity, including the forthcoming super-fast 5G networks, has been largely barred from business in the United States for some time, partly over suspicions that it could build "Back doors" into its equipment for spying or network mischief.
According to the indictment, Huawei's approach resembles that of the Chinese state: It is unbound by a rules-based, law-governed international order, and it is determined to succeed by using theft and duplicity.
In one case described in the indictment unveiled Monday by the Justice Department, Huawei headquarters in China instructed its employees in the United States to steal the design of a mobile-phone-testing robot developed by T-Mobile.
Huawei engineers were repeatedly encouraged to carry out theft, and, the indictment says, on May 29, 2013, a Huawei engineer visiting T-Mobile slipped a robot arm into his bag and walked out of the laboratory.
The indictment charges that Huawei misled the U.S. government and banks about business that violated Western sanctions against Iran.
If the charges in the indictments are true, then it is clear Huawei intentionally snubbed its nose at international norms and laws, which in turn means it could pose a potentially large national security risk to the West.
https://www.eastoregonian.com/opinion/columnists/other-views-future-technology-at-risk-of-sabotage/article_c8c883d8-25b6-11e9-89a0-cbcbf3517971.html
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