Alex Lockie, provided by Published 5:11 pm CST, Monday, January 28, 2019 REUTERS/Joshua Roberts The US on Monday charged Chinese tech giant Huawei, its chief financial officer, and two affiliates with bank and wire fraud in a crackdown on the company, which is legally required to assist China's Communist Party at the government's request. The Justice Department said Huawei tricked a global bank into doing sanctions-violating business with Iran and stole trade secrets from T-Mobile. Huawei has long stood accused of trying to hack into governments, and US companies in China accused the smartphone giant of forced technology transfer. Experts say China's Communist Party uses companies such as Huawei to steal tech secrets in the hopes of displacing the US as the world's superpower. The US on Monday charged Chinese tech giant Huawei, its chief financial officer, and two affiliates with bank and wire fraud in a crackdown on the company, which is legally required to assist … [Read more...] about US calls Huawei and CFO Meng Wanzhou national-security threats, indicts company and exec on fraud and IP theft charges
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US calls Huawei and CFO Meng national security threats, indicts with fraud, IP theft charges
The US on Monday charged Chinese tech giant Huawei and its chief financial officer and two affiliates with bank and wire fraud to get around US sanctions on Iran in a crackdown on the company legally required to act as a front for China’s Communist Party. The Justice Department said Huawei tricked a global bank into doing sanctions-violating business with Iran and stole trade secrets from T-Mobile. Huawei has long stood accused of trying to hack into governments and US companies in China allege forced technology transfer. Experts say China’s Communist Party uses companies like Huawei to steal tech secrets in the hopes of displacing the US as the world’s superpower. The US on Monday charged Chinese tech giant Huawei and its chief financial officer and two affiliates with bank and wire fraud to get around US sanctions on Iran in a crackdown on the company legally required to act as a front for China’s Communist Party. The Justice Department said Huawei … [Read more...] about US calls Huawei and CFO Meng national security threats, indicts with fraud, IP theft charges
Huawei denies storing data after Facebook admitted it shared info with flagged Chinese company
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By Gerry Shih The Associated Press Wed., June 6, 2018 BEIJING—Chinese phone maker Huawei said Wednesday it has never collected or stored Facebook user data, after the social media giant acknowledged it shared such data with Huawei and other manufacturers. Huawei, a company flagged by U.S. intelligence officials as a national security threat, was the latest device maker at the centre of a fresh wave of allegations over Facebook’s handling of private data. Chinese firms Huawei, Lenovo, Oppo and TCL were among numerous handset makers that were given access to Facebook data in a “controlled” way approved by Facebook, the social media company’s vice-president of mobile partnerships, Francisco Varela, said Tuesday. Varela’s statement came after The New York Times detailed how Facebook has given device makers deep access to data, including work history, relationship status and likes on device users and their friends. In a followup report, … [Read more...] about Huawei denies storing data after Facebook admitted it shared info with flagged Chinese company
China’s Huawei says it hasn’t collected Facebook user data
Chinese phone maker Huawei said Wednesday it has never collected or stored Facebook user data, after the social media giant acknowledged it shared such data with Huawei and other manufacturers. Huawei, a company flagged by U.S. intelligence officials as a national security threat, is the latest device maker at the center of a fresh wave of allegations over Facebook's handling of private data. Chinese firms Huawei, Lenovo, Oppo and TCL were among numerous handset makers given access to Facebook data in a "controlled" way approved by Facebook, according to a statement Tuesday from Francisco Varela, Facebook's vice president of mobile partnerships. The development marked the latest privacy gaffe for Facebook since allegations emerged in March that a Donald Trump-affiliated political consultancy firm, Cambridge Analytica, had improperly harvested data from tens of millions of Facebook users in an effort to influence elections. On Wednesday, the former CEO of the now-defunct firm, Alexander … [Read more...] about China’s Huawei says it hasn’t collected Facebook user data
China’s Huawei says it hasn’t collected Facebook data
Gerry Shih Associated Press Published 12:15 p.m. UTC Jun 6, 2018 Beijing – Chinese mobile phone maker Huawei said Wednesday it has never collected or stored Facebook user data, after the social media giant acknowledged it shared such data with Huawei and other manufacturers. Huawei, a company flagged by U.S. intelligence officials as a national security threat, was the latest device maker at the center of a fresh wave of allegations over Facebook’s handling of private data. Chinese firms Huawei, Lenovo, Oppo and TCL were among numerous handset makers that were given access to Facebook data in a “controlled” way approved by Facebook, the social media giant’s vice president of mobile partnerships, Francisco Varela, said in a statement on Tuesday. The statement came after The New York Times published reports detailing how Facebook has given device makers deep access to the data of users’ friends without their explicit consent. The data included … [Read more...] about China’s Huawei says it hasn’t collected Facebook data