https://www.economist.com/business/2018/12/07/why-does-5g-have-everyone-worried-about-huawei
Western spooks have mused publicly about the risk that Huawei’s kit might be siphoning valuable data back to Beijing, or that it comes with “back doors”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/technology/huawei-arrest-meng-wanzhou.html
China sees the company as a pivotal driver of its ambitions for global technological leadership. Increasingly, much of the rest of the world sees it as a potential conduit for espionage and sabotage.
Canada has arrested the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies, who now faces extradition to the United States on suspicion she violated U.S. trade sanctions against Iran.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/washington-asks-allies-to-drop-huawei-1542965105
U.S. worried about potential Chinese meddling in 5G networks
One U.S. concern centers on the use of Chinese telecom equipment in countries that host American military bases
“Chinese espionage services used telecommunications giant Huawei’s staff to get access codes to infiltrate a foreign network.”
The attack took place within the last two years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/technology/huawei-banned-australia-5g.html
Companies that “are likely to be subject to extrajudicial directions from a foreign government” pose unacceptable security risks, the ministers said.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/technology/facebook-device-partnerships-china.html
gave private access to some user data to Huawei, … flagged as a national security threat
China could order its manufacturers to create backdoors for spying in their devices