Huawei is a Risk so Britain Must Change Course on 5G, Ex-MI6 Spymaster Says

Huawei is a Risk so Britain Must Change Course on 5G, Ex-MI6 Spymaster Says
CEO of Consumer Business Group of Chinese tech company Huawei, Richard Yu, speaks in London on April 6, 2016. Jack Taylor/AFP/Getty Images
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LONDON—China’s Huawei poses such a grave security risk to the United Kingdom that the government must not allow it to have even a limited role in building 5G networks, a former head of Britain’s foreign spy service said on May 16.

The Trump administration, which hit Huawei with sanctions on Wednesday, has told allies not to use its technology because of fears it could be a vehicle for Chinese spying.