A National Security Agency (NSA) data gathering facility is seen in Bluffdale, about 25 miles (40 kms) south of Salt Lake City, Utah, December 17, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Jim Urquhart
N.S.A. Breached Chinese Servers Seen As Security Threat -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — American officials have long considered Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant, a security threat, blocking it from business deals in the United States for fear that the company would create “back doors” in its equipment that could allow the Chinese military or Beijing-backed hackers to steal corporate and government secrets.
But even as the United States made a public case about the dangers of buying from Huawei, classified documents show that the National Security Agency was creating its own back doors — directly into Huawei’s networks.
The agency pried its way into the servers in Huawei’s sealed headquarters in Shenzhen, China’s industrial heart, according to N.S.A. documents provided by the former contractor Edward J. Snowden. It obtained information about the workings of the giant routers and complex digital switches that Huawei boasts connect a third of the world’s population, and monitored communications of the company’s top executives.
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More News On Reports That The N.S.A. Successfully Breached Chinese Government Servers And Telecom Giant Huawei
Targeting Huawei: NSA Spied on Chinese Government and Networking Firm -- Spiegel Online
NSA targeted Chinese telecoms giant Huawei – report -- The Guardian
NSA targeted network of Chinese tech firm Huawei, leaked document shows -- Washington post
Magazine Says NSA Spied on Top China Officials, Huawei Technologies -- Wall Street Journal
NSA infiltrates servers of China telecom giant Huawei: report -- Reuters
US NSA spies on China telcoms giant Huawei, reports claim -- AFP
Reports: NSA spies on Chinese tech giant Huawei -- USA Today
NSA spied on Chinese govt and telecom giant Huawei - Snowden docs -- RT
NSA hacked Huawei servers, watched company’s executives, NYT sources say -- Ars Technica
China's Huawei condemns reported NSA snooping -- Reuters
NSA's reported Huawei hack gives glimpse of agency's role in 'cyber Cold War' -- CNet
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