US report reveals Huawei receives funds from Chinese intelligence services

The largest manufacturer of telecommunication equipment, Huawei, was funded by the Chinese National Security Commission, the People's Liberation Army and the intelligence network of that country, reported Saturday an article from The weather, based on a CIA report.

The revelation, which adds to the previous accusations that weigh on society in the West, this could imply concrete risks for UK security, for example, if that country finally chooses to adopt its 5G infrastructure.

The aforementioned British newspaper is based on information from US intelligence services that ensures that The Chinese giant, which aims to provide key technology to the 5G mobile phone networks of this country, reportedly received money from branches of the state security apparatus in Beijing.

At the beginning of the year, The United States shared this information with the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, its partners in their intelligence alliance (the so-called Five Eyes Club or Five Eyes Club).

Huawei dismissed the charges of that moment in a statement in which he rejects them as unfounded and "supported by zero evidence from anonymous sources".

In China, the law obliges companies to cooperate with their security services, which fears that this may facilitate the installation of some access "through the back door" in the software, allowing the spying or tampering of British communications.

The article served as a warning, since the British government intends to revise its plans for the introduction of 5G technology in this country at the next National Security Council.

This government review aims to "to ensure that no one (no telecommunications company) becomes too powerful", according to another official source of the executive.

In this direction, The weather remember that last month, the national cybersecurity center of this country, the GCHQ, warned that the government would have "difficulties" to manage the security risks posed by the Chinese company after detecting "significant and disturbing problems" with its software in the UK.

At the same time, a US intelligence source said US agencies believe that The Chinese Ministry of National Security – its main spying organization – has approved Huawei's funding by the Chinese government.

For this reason – adds this source- allow Huawei to sell its 5G technology to one of the aforementioned "Five Eyes Club" members is "problematic" "China has national laws on intelligence and security that require companies to help the Chinese army."

Huawei insisted on several occasions claiming that It is a private enterprise, independent of any influence of the Chinese government and has repeatedly denied that it could pose a risk to the security of the West.

The leaders of the Chinese giant, headquartered in Shenzhen, argue that the The Chinese state never asked them to collect information and such a request would be "categorically rejected".

This new accusation comes at a time of tension between Washington and Beijing, because the United States believes that Huawei's equipment could be used for espionage and that the country is investigating a possible violation of international sanctions.

Indeed, Meng WanzhouHuawei's chief financial officer and daughter of its founder, Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Canada last December at the request of the United States. She has been accused of bank fraud and violation of US sanctions against Iran.

With information from EFE and Reuters