“Late last year, allegations had surfaced regarding Chinese handset makers ZTE and Huawei, with claims being tossed around that they were spying on behalf of the Chinese government,” Brittany Hillen reports for SlashGear. “Both makers rejected the claims, and Huawei went on to offer unrestricted access to its software code in an effort to prove its innocence.”
“Nearly a year later, and now former CIA boss Michael Hayden has spoken out, stating that Huawei did provide information to the Chinese government,” Hillen reports. “When asked specifically about whether he’d ever had any ‘direct exposure’ with Huawei, Hayden responded [in part]: ‘My conclusion was that, ‘No, it is simply not acceptable for Huawei to be creating the backbone of the domestic telecommunications network in the United States, period.’ And frankly this is where I think the state has a role to play – to ensure we don’t make decisions that compromise the foundations of our national security.'”
Hillen reports, “He also states that he believes there is ‘hard evidence’ showing that the maker has engaged in espionage for China. He says it is his belief that, at a minimum, Huawei provided China with ‘intimate and extensive knowledge’ on the telecommunications systems it works with.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Edward W.” for the heads up.]
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lol, a CIA accusation of foreign spying. Goddamn, that’s rich.
my Bullshit-O-Meter® just buried its needle.
…in related news, the Joint Chiefs Of Staff accuse Taliban of shooting with real bullets.
It seems the problem is not the spying itself but who does it.
huh?
‘No, it is simply not acceptable for Huawei to be creating the backbone of the domestic telecommunications network in the United States, period.’
So we should let Samsung do it instead?
“Hu” is not even a Korean last name. Nice try!
Wait don’t point that out yet. he hasn’t made his obscure Tardis reference yet.
So now we know that “Dr. Hu” is Chinese for asshole. Thanks for the language lesson, asshole.
Mr. Michael Hayden is a guy who know all US’s SIGINT and HUMINT capability as he was the leader of both NSA and CIA.
Nevermind if this is correct ot not, but this comes from the same guy who desperately tries to convince the public that Snowden is a dangerous traitor, as opposed to an important whistle blower.
He’s a traitor.
So is Manning.
Peyton or Eli? With how Eli’s crappy play affected my fantasy team last year, my vote is with Eli.
Not sure if sarcasm or trolling. In a related case, did you know that the Chinese government classifies Dalai Lama as a terrorist?
Expecting China to make sense is like expecting a rabid dog to sit, stay, lay down, roll over, play dead…. Not gonna happen. The entire foundation of the current Chinese government is based on a lie that is in a constant state of desperately trying to convince people otherwise.
But I will point out that when the Red Hacker Alliance kids were ticked off at me outing them back in 2007, it was difficult to dismiss their charges that the USA spies on other countries, such as China, and hacks other countries over the Internet. That certainly is the case. So the question becomes, ‘who is the worst bad guy’. Of course it is getting more difficult to tell these days. But I won’t be moving to China, ever.
I’m sure he has no ulterior motive about disclosing this important fact.
Uh… Duh.
You have to wonder whether the problem is really that Huawei might be spying for China, or instead whether Huawei’s equipment does not come with the ‘back door’ that the government needs in order to spy on it’s own people ?
The CIA wants to use Android for its agents to have secure communications. I wonder if they will still consider using Huaswei or go with the tried and true Samsung? You just have to know that the CIA is run by some very smart IT people.
They’ll probably go for Windows 8 figuring nobody will bother creating spyware for the 7 Nokia phones owned by the Ballmer family.
After the NSA scandal USA should really just shut its cake hole when it comes to spying.