A number of UK government departments are reported to have removed Huawei
supplied video conferencing equipment over concerns that it was vulnerable to
spying.
Government
departments
such
as
the
Home
Office
,
Ministry
of
Justice
and
Crown
Prosecution
Service
are
all
said
to
have
stopped
using
the
equipment
following a briefing note sent to all government departments warning of
security threats.
The former head of the Foreign Office's Asia research group, Roderic Wye,
told the Sunday Mirror newspaper that "there had long been
fears about the firm's operations".
However, it's not clear if the briefing note was able to cite a specific
security threat that was discovered in the products, of if it was a general
warning based on suspicions about the Chinese vendor.
Huawei said the accusation was misleading and without any evidence.
"Our video conferencing equipment is based on global standards, so to
suggest it is specifically open to abuse would be misleading," Huawei's UK
office said a statement.
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