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UK identifies ‘new risks’ Huawei poses to telecom networks

LONDON, March 28, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Britain has identified “significant”
issues in Chinese giant Huawei’s engineering processes that pose “new risks”
for the nation’s telecommunications, a government report found Thursday.

“Further significant technical issues have been identified in Huawei’s
engineering processes, leading to new risks in the UK telecommunications
networks,” read findings from the government’s Huawei Cyber Security
Evaluation Centre Oversight Board.

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