Huawei accuses U.S. officials of 'lies' in fiery statement denying backdoor

Huawei is "indignant."

The Chinese telecommunications company issued a boldly worded statement Wednesday denying a recent report in the Wall Street Journal that it has, for years, maintained secret backdoors into mobile phone networks across the globe. The claim, sourced to U.S. intelligence officials, has clearly struck a nerve. 

The allegations come on the heels of Huawei's insistence this past September that the U.S. government launched "cyber attacks" against the company. Huawei, it would seem, has had enough. 

"The Wall Street Journal is clearly aware that the US government can't provide any evidence to support their allegations, and yet it still chose to repeat the lies being spread by these US officials," reads Huawei's official statement. "This reflects The Wall Street Journal's bias against Huawei and undermines its credibility." Read more...