"US allegations of Huawei using lawful interception are nothing but a smokescreen," Huawei said in an emailed statement Wednesday. Huawei denied the reports, saying it's the US government that's been "covertly accessing telecom networks worldwide, spying on other countries." O'Brien also called less-expensive Chinese solutions "tempting of a gift to turn down" for some countries, according to CNN, but that they come "with a price" of the Chinese company having access to information on the network. "We have evidence that Huawei has the capability secretly to access sensitive and personal information in systems it maintains and sells around the world," Robert O'Brien, national security adviser, reportedly said. The backdoors were inserted for law enforcement use into carrier equipment like base stations, antennas and switching gear, the Journal said, with US officials reportedly alleging they were designed to be accessible by Huawei. The details were disclosed to the UK and Germany at the end of 2019 after the US had noticed access since 2009 across 4G equipment, according to the report. ![]() It's been using backdoors intended for law enforcement for over a decade, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing US officials. Chinese tech giant Huawei can reportedly access the networks it helped build that are being used by mobile phones around the world.
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