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Federal Prosecutors Are Investigating Huawei For Allegedly Stealing Trade Secrets, Says Report (thehill.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the latest-developments dept.

According to The Wall Street Journal, federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation to see if Huawei allegedly stole trade secrets from U.S. companies. The probe is reportedly built out of civil lawsuits against the telecommunications firm. The Hill reports: People familiar with the probe told the Journal that it is at an advanced stage and that an indictment could soon be coming. Huawei has long faced scrutiny from both lawmakers and national security officials, who have labeled the firm as a national security threat over its ties to the Chinese government. The company has denied that characterization, and China this week called for other countries to end âoethe groundless fabrications and unreasonable restrictionsâ on Huawei and other firms.

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  1. Same page, same title by WoodstockJeff · · Score: 2

    https://news.slashdot.org/stor...

    1. Re: Same page, same title by bluelip · · Score: 5, Funny

      Evidence that even the editors don't read Slashdot.

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      Yep, I never spell check.
      More incorrect spellings can be found he
    2. Re: Same page, same title by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      No... This one contains new words, such as... âoethe and restrictionsâ.

  2. Re:Dupe! by rmdingler · · Score: 2

    Twice in one day they get looked into ... must be rough for Huawei

    At the rate that multiple international jurisdictions are initiating investigations, this isn't as large an uptick in frequency as you'd think.

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    Ernest Hemingway

  3. Wumaos by benjfowler · · Score: 2

    I fully expect the 50 Cent Party to be here any moment to "defend China".

    So if you see a lot of ACs here defending Huawei, you will understand why -- the Chinese government pays people to sit around all day and "defend China" online.

    So why are they out in such numbers?

    China is quite upset that Huawei (a front company for China's CIA (Ministry of State Security, MSS)) is being outed as a front company. It's founder is ex-PLA, and the company steals Western secrets to order for the Chinese Communist Party.

  4. Re:Boring by benjfowler · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Everything is cheap when you use slave labour and save on R&D by stealing all your IP.

  5. Evidence that even the editors don't read Slashdot by najajomo · · Score: 3, Funny

    @bluelip: “Evidence that even the editors don't read Slashdot.”

    Yea, it's sad seeing a top tech forum reduced to generally spouting MICROS~1 slashvertisments :]