US warned of the risks.
The US has warned for almost a year that Huawei, a Chinese tech giant, might be partnering with Beijing’s intelligence agencies. An arrest of a Huawei executive in Poland for espionage might corroborate those concerns. It’s the second big arrest involving Huawei executives in the last few weeks:
A Chinese businessman and a Pole have been arrested by Poland’s Internal Security Agency on suspicion of espionage, an official said Friday.
Maciej Wasik, deputy head of Poland’s special services, said that the operation had been underway for a long time and was planned with care.…
Wasik added that the Polish national was “known in circles associated with cyber-business affairs.” He alleged both suspects “carried out espionage activities against Poland.”
NPR reports that this isn’t a case of industrial espionage, either. The Polish government says the two specifically spied for China:
Poland’s Internal Security Agency has detained a high-ranking employee of Chinese tech giant Huawei on suspicions of spying for China.
