Huawei denies US compromised equipment security

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http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/huawei-denies-us-compromised-equipment-security-20140116-hv8pr.html

AFP, Fairfax Media
January 16, 2014

Chinese tech giant Huawei, which has long been dogged by security 
suspicions, has denied a report its telecommunications network equipment 
had been compromised by US spies.

There have been "no network incidents caused by security reasons", Huawei 
chief financial officer Cathy Meng said.

Meng was asked specifically about a report late last month in the German 
magazine Der Spiegel that technology companies including Huawei had their 
products penetrated by the US National Security Agency (NSA).

"Those accusations are groundless and we do not agree with that," she 
said.

Der Spiegel cited what it said were internal NSA documents for its report.

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