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US Accuses Huawei of Stealing Trade Secrets, Defrauding Banks (bloomberg.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against Huawei, China's largest smartphone maker, alleging it stole trade secrets from an American rival and committed bank fraud by violating sanctions against doing business with Iran. Huawei has been the target of a broad U.S. crackdown, including allegations it sold telecommunications equipment that could be used by the China's Communist Party for spying. The charges filed Monday also mark an escalation of tensions between the world's two largest economies, which are mired in a trade war that has roiled markets. In a 13-count indictment in Brooklyn, New York, the government alleged Huawei, two affiliated companies and its chief financial officer of fraud and conspiracy in connection with deals in Iran. A 10-count indictment in Washington state accused the company of stealing trade secrets from T-Mobile and offering bonuses to employees who succeeded in getting technology from rivals.
T-Mobile sued Huawei and its U.S.-based unit, Huawei Device USA Inc., in 2014, and three years later, a federal jury in Seattle found Huawei liable for both breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets. A person familiar with the case, who sought anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak, said T-Mobile's claims regarding the theft of its technology caught the attention of federal authorities in the Western District of Washington. T-Mobile said Huawei sent its engineers to T-Mobile's Bellevue, Washington, facility to see a robot, called "Tappy," which simulates smartphone use. T-Mobile said in its lawsuit that Huawei was able to use stolen parts from the robot to "develop, improve and troubleshoot its own robot." Separately, Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on allegations that she committed fraud to sidestep sanctions against Iran. "The U.S., which had requested Canadian authorities arrest Meng, must submit a formal extradition request for her by Jan. 30," Bloomberg reports. "Canada's justice minister then has up to 30 days to assess it. If she issues an 'authority to proceed,' that means Canada is officially moving to extradition hearings. If so, they would likely be scheduled months later."
T-Mobile sued Huawei and its U.S.-based unit, Huawei Device USA Inc., in 2014, and three years later, a federal jury in Seattle found Huawei liable for both breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets. A person familiar with the case, who sought anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak, said T-Mobile's claims regarding the theft of its technology caught the attention of federal authorities in the Western District of Washington. T-Mobile said Huawei sent its engineers to T-Mobile's Bellevue, Washington, facility to see a robot, called "Tappy," which simulates smartphone use. T-Mobile said in its lawsuit that Huawei was able to use stolen parts from the robot to "develop, improve and troubleshoot its own robot." Separately, Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on allegations that she committed fraud to sidestep sanctions against Iran. "The U.S., which had requested Canadian authorities arrest Meng, must submit a formal extradition request for her by Jan. 30," Bloomberg reports. "Canada's justice minister then has up to 30 days to assess it. If she issues an 'authority to proceed,' that means Canada is officially moving to extradition hearings. If so, they would likely be scheduled months later."
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Pissssssd
David Lametti is the Minister of Justice in Canada. Is "justice minister" a different role?
Is this more winning?
The USA sold equipment to other countries with the express purpose of being able to spy on them.
If the US goes down this rabbit hole it may find its self being subject to the same enforcement by other countries.
T-Mobile said Huawei sent its engineers to T-Mobile's Bellevue, Washington, facility to see a robot, called "Tappy," which simulates smartphone use. T-Mobile said in its lawsuit that Huawei was able to use stolen parts from the robot to "develop, improve and troubleshoot its own robot.
Sounds ridiculous.
Huawei won the race to 5G. Sure they might have had state backing.
But US companies had all the funds the Fed was shovelling for the last 10 years and they did nothing but sack their R&D, pay C-suite billions in bonuses, and fuck over customers with monopoly rates and shitty service.
US Capitalism elected to stand still for 10 years and shit themselves after Huawei pulled off a Sputnik-style vertical launch platform with 5G.
Yeah, NSA is mad, but deep down at the bottom of this is the simple truth that post-crisis US companies are unable to complete AT ALL and now need heavy handed Government proscription of competition to survive. This will extend to Japanese and EU companies as the US lead in technology falls as far behind as the US production base.
Not that you will ever hear about it in the media.
Selling stuff to Iran. Bypassing the embargos that Obama lifted that Trump reinstated. Among other crimes.
Corporatism != Free Market
I do recall that the NSA was intercepting Cisco hardware to install backdoors on those systems. https://arstechnica.com/tech-p... Obama was all about change so that is maybe why he didn't make a big deal out of those NSA changes.
And how can one file criminal charge when the claim cannot pass a civil suit?
"According to the jury’s verdict, T-Mobile was not awarded any damages relating to the trade secrets claim and there was no award of punitive damages. Although the jury awarded damages under the breach of contract allegation, the amount was a small fraction of what T-Mobile requested. Huawei is a global leader in innovation, and respect for intellectual property is a cornerstone value in our business,” Huawei said in a statement after the verdict in 2017.
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... then why does their software still suck so badly? Shouldn't they have found more bugs and fixed them?
China stealing IP from the NSA? sounds about right...
America has completely lost the 'ethical spying' moral high ground a long long time ago. This "scandal" is more likely about some billionaires pissing contest with another billionaire. States seem to only exist these days as a drama modifier in the battle between corporations. Which is really just the battle between rich individual actors and cabals, if you look at who is really in control of those nested corporations.
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“U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against Huawei, China's largest smartphone maker, alleging it stole trade secrets from an American rival and committed bank fraud by violating sanctions against doing business with Iran.”
The alleged trade secrets being a robot arm called tappy. They could have saved themselves the bother and bought one direct from Epson. The real story being this prosecution being used as a pretext to hinder Chinese firms doing business in the US. This prosecution being pushed by the corporate owners of America. Another sign that there is no one in the driving seat in Washington.
Canada gets caught in the crossfire of this global pissing match. If we extradite the CFO the US will hand her over to China as part of good will for the trade dispute. China will never forgive us.
If Canada does not comply with the USâ(TM)s request ( our closest trading partner and friend) then they hammer us on trade.
So we are f$&ked
HACKINGBEAR you alone are the bullshit FUD that stands between China being busted for known espionage and fraud, or.. anime becoming real. Keep shilling you beta talent China apologist FAILURE OF PROPAGANDA
Wheres our usual Chink-appologists to shit on Canada for starting this by honoring a U.S. extradition request. C'mon you Chink cocksuckers.. show yourselves!!
Ramen, crave it ;)
US law ends at their border? Tell that to the thousands of children killed by U.S. drones last year.. lol!
Poohbeat regrets your shameful ckck us so tiny. Go fuckin kill yourself mainlander.
Shut-up retarded bitch Alexander Peter Kowalski, you are just a loser who is too dumb to realize you got stomped long ago.
Here is a chronicle of your bitch ass getting beaten on your port filtering statements.
Here is another one where your got beaten hard because you can't back up anything you say. This was about how you claim your shitware can block all hosts in a domain, which it can't.
Then there is your claim that the Chinese copied you but you admit that at best all you have is wild ass speculation and can't offer any real proof or even actual evidence to support yourself.
How about the list of experts you claim support your statements, none of which actually support your work and have been shown to actually be saying things different from what you stated they were.
Maybe instead you can tell us about your "success" where a project rejected your stupid simplistic idea or maybe threaten to sue someone again because you are a insecure little man who is washed up and never amounted to anything.
Better yet you can prove how defective you are by continuing to repeat your debunked BS some more.
Why don't you get your pretend friend to post some fake support and then throw a fit when you get caught.
Just come up with competition and shut up.
This isn't about T-Mobile's Tappy robot any more than Japan's arrest of Carlos Ghosn is about "financial improprieties".
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2018/12/carlos-ghosn-re-arrested-on-new-allegation/
These actions are about nations dictating terms to large international businesses. Nations are firing warning shots across the bow of large companies showing them who is really in control.
The US government is telling China that the days of China dictating terms to the US are over.
Japan is doing the same thing with Nissan and Carlos Ghosn.
Some would describe signing treaties when it's well known in advance that only one side will follow them to be the treasonous act.
1.) My program stops portfilter errs in hosts https://news.slashdot.org/comm...
2.) Wildcards CREATE FALSE POSITIVES (try wildcard myftp.org, not all sites in it = bad). Hosts specifics don't cause that.
3.) CHINA did hardcodes LONG AFTER I DID "Time is on MY SIDE" (Rolling Stones) https://theregister.co.uk/2017...
4.) /. users state the value of hosts for getting users more speed/security/reliability/anonymity listed here (enumerated as "Registered /.ers reviews") https://it.slashdot.org/commen...
5.) Security pros galore + /.ers praise the layered security efficacy of hosts quoted here https://it.slashdot.org/commen...
6.) I never had to sue Thor SCHMUCK - CA rescinded their FALSE POSITIVE error, sold off their shitty antivirus & I said I'd speak to an attorney & I did who advised I go thru their removal process & I won.
APK
P.S.=> You can't even STAND BEHIND YOUR WORDS (lies) you UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous STALKER of me... apk
Alright, we (Canada) did the US's biding and have arrested Huawei's CFO on their behalf. Can they *please* take ownership of that mess now and have her extradited already and let her become *their* problem?
As it stands, it's bad enough that our PM has gotten both the US *and* the Arabs pissed off at us due to his own and his people's incompetence; we don't need the Chinese to join in either.
Wow. Did you just try to make a point by posting a link to a Queensryche album? And then you didn't even get the name of the album you linked correct?
Hint: That album is "Empire" - you know, like it says in huge letters in the bottom third of the album cover art.
What a tool.
Tests alone will not cause a redesign of shitty software or hardware. Testing only proves that the shitty product is operating within the bounds of it's shitty specs.
Slashdot still doesnâ(TM)t support Unicode after it was added to the HTML standard in 1997.
You can't get YOUR OWN NAME right as you STALK me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anon + burning you https://yro.slashdot.org/comme... point by "so-called 'point'" of yours here too, lmao (easily using verifiable facts vs. your bs) was TOO easy.
APK
P.S.=> You lose... apk
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I am the godlike creator of various GUI front-ends for other people's configuration files.
Mistaking mockery and parody for impersonation is how I think people flatter me because I can't possibly understand that they detest me.
Watch as I claim I am world class and a winner but in reality I am a fucking loser.
You must be conspiring with the Jews and Soros if you disagree with me.
Bask in my debilitating mental illness
I just don't understand why every site I post on everyone makes fun of me, it can't be because I am a shit stick but instead because they are all Ne'er-do-well SOYboy Jealous JOWIEs.
Witness my descent into madness
APK
See subject & again - was a PLEASURE nuking you STALKING me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anon here https://yro.slashdot.org/comme... & now you're IMPERSONATING me too?? Please - that proves 1 thing: YOU WISH YOU WERE ME!
* Your POOR IMITATION is the SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY, period!
APK
P.S.=> Instead of STALKING me like the PSYCHO LOON you OBVIOUSLY ARE or IMPERSONATING ME, why not Make a Wheel (multiplatform, as I have that 100's of 1,000's use daily) https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di... instead? Oh, that's right - an UNEDUCATED "ne'er-do-well" like YOU can't manage good things like I DO, lol... apk
Play in mud you get dirty.
I see that the retarded bitch Alexander Peter Kowalski chose to show off how defective he is. He has nothing so all he can do is keep repeating his previously disproved statements because he is just too dumb to understand that he lost and is nothing but a failure. Given that he can't follow simple reasoning and logic, his advise on more complex topics like computer security should not be followed. Especially given that he doesn't believe in things that actually provide real provable security.
* not actually 5G, just marketing, sorry no law says we can't so fuck you consumers.