SAN FRANCISCO, October 17 – A White House-ordered review of security risks posed by suppliers to US telecommunications companies found no clear evidence that Huawei Technologies had spied for China.
Instead, those leading the 18-month review concluded early this year that relying on Huawei, the world’s second-largest maker of networking gear, was risky for other reasons, such as the presence of vulnerabilities that hackers could exploit.
These previously unreported findings support parts of a landmark US congressional report last week that warned against allowing Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE to supply critical telecom infrastructure.