US Software Firm Accuses Huawei of Installing ‘Back Door’ to Spy on Pakistan

US Software Firm Accuses Huawei of Installing ‘Back Door’ to Spy on Pakistan
People arrive to attend the Huawei keynote address at a trade fair opening day in Berlin on Sept. 3, 2020. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Frank Fang
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A U.S. software company is accusing Chinese tech giant Huawei of pressuring it to build a data “back door” into a government security project in Pakistan, according to a recent legal filing submitted at the Central District Court in California.

California-based Business Efficiency Solutions (BES), in a lawsuit filed on Aug. 11, also accused Huawei of stealing its trade secrets while the software company worked as Huawei’s contractor for a safe-city project in Lahore, the capital of Pakistan’s Punjab Province.

Frank Fang
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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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