London: Australian and British MPs who pressured Boris Johnson’s government to ban Huawei from the UK’s 5G network say they have been fully vindicated following reports the Chinese vendor was able to eavesdrop on conversations taking place on a Dutch telephone network.
Huawei staff were able to eavesdrop on all mobile numbers on the KPN network, according to a 2010 internal company record obtained by Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant, including then prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende and Chinese dissidents living in the Netherlands.
Australia’s governments have long banned Huawei from both the broadband and 5G networks over spying and security concerns.
But Prime Minister Boris Johnson resisted pressure from his own MPs and the Trump administration to block the company, causing tension amongst the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing club, comprising Australia, United States, Britain, New Zealand and Canada.
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