A study of the employment information of thousands of Huawei staff has revealed deeper links with the Chinese military and intelligence apparatus than those previously acknowledged by China’s biggest telecom equipment maker. Prof Balding identified one Huawei employee who describes himself as a “representative” of the MSS at Huawei and claims to have worked on “building lawful interception capability into Huawei equipment”. InvestigationHuawei said that in a preliminary investigation it had “not been able to verify any of these so-called ‘Huawei Employee CVs’”. “Huawei has gone to great lengths saying they have no links with the Chinese military and security institutions,” said Prof Balding. “These patterns are not entirely unique to Huawei, and it is not unusual for other high-tech enterprises to hire personnel who are the graduates of military universities or have experience in military research,” she said.

Source: The Irish Times July 08, 2019 13:02 UTC