Huawei Employees Linked To China's Military And Intelligence, Reports Claim - Forbes

[TomSea]

Huawei Employees Linked To China's Military And Intelligence, Reports Claim
Zak Doffman Contributor
Cybersecurity



Throughout the conflict between Washington and Huawei, a central theme has been the alleged connections between the company and state defense and intelligence agencies in China. The theory goes that the company has links and is obliged, under Chinese national security legislation, to collaborate with the state when asked to do so—and, where the company is supplying core networking equipment to overseas countries, that this carries clear risk.

Along with the question of hidden backdoors in hardware and software products, it is these state security links that Huawei has gone to the greatest lengths to deny. But the debate will now intensify again, after the Telegraph reported on Saturday (July 6) that "Huawei staff have admitted to having worked with Chinese intelligence agencies in a 'mass trove' of employment records leaked online."

The investigation—conducted by the Henry Jackson Society, a think tank that has warned on Huawei before—claimed this was indicative of "far closer links between the telecommunications company and military-backed cyber agencies than previously thought."

Continued at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/07/06/huawei-employees-linked-to-chinas-state-intelligence-agencies-report-claims/#5a3c59604b24

The Henry Jackson Socieity is headquartered in England from what I know; but it is named for Scoop Jackson, who, was probably a decent Democrat in days gone by. I don't know his record well.

[Sanguine]

Thanks, Tom.  I was going to post this but got distracted.

[Absalom]

Should be no surprise to anyone who understands totalitarianism.
China was ruled by autocratic dynasties for some 3500 years till 1912,
next followed by militarists till 1949 and now controlled by Marxists.
Power has always been concentrated at the top of their pyramid
w/plain people having no say in governance.
Creativity and innovation has always been actively discouraged, rather
than embraced, as they were perceived as a threat to autocratic rule.
As such, it is the very reason they lie, cheat and steal!!!