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Targeting Huawei: NSA Spied on Chinese Government and Networking Firm
• http://www.spiegel.deThe American government conducted a major intelligence offensive
against China, with targets including the Chinese government and
networking company Huawei, according to documents from former NSA worker
Edward Snowden that have been viewed by SPIEGEL and the New York Times.
Among the American intelligence service's targets were former Chinese
President Hu Jintao, the Chinese Trade Ministry, banks, as well as
telecommunications companies.
But the NSA made a special effort to target Huawei. With 150,000
employees and €28 billion ($38.6 billion) in annual revenues, the
company is the world's second largest network equipment supplier. At the
beginning of 2009, the NSA began an extensive operation, referred to
internally as "Shotgiant," against the company, which is considered a
major competitor to US-based Cisco. The company produces smartphones and
tablets, but also mobile phone infrastructure, WLAN routers and fiber
optic cable -- the kind of technology that is decisive in the NSA's
battle for data supremacy.
