A new analysis of Huawei staff appears to show deeper links between the tech giant and China’s military.
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Huawei said it was unable to verify the Huawei employee CVs cited by the research paper and said the study had many "speculative statements." The study, conducted by Christopher Balding, an associate professor at Fulbright University Vietnam, and London-based conservative think tank Henry Jackson Society, looked through CVs of Huawei employees that were leaked online from unsecured databases and websites run by recruitment firms.
Another CV describes an individual who worked at Huawei but was a representative of a government entity responsible for espionage and counter intelligence. That individual "engaged in behavior that describes planting information capture technology or software on Huawei products," according to the study.
"However, I can say the CVs do talk of behavior such as information interception and we know of instances where a Huawei employee holds a dual position in the PLA Strategic Support Force which oversees the electronic warfare and similar non-traditional warfare units. So I cannot say it has been ordered, but the inference of positions and behavior they mention on their CVs appears to indicate they do engage in these acts.
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