Dutch intelligence agency investigating alleged Huawei 'backdoor' to spy on data of customers of major telecoms firms

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Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei has a hidden 'backdoor' on the network of a major Dutch telecoms firm, making it possible to access customer data, newspaper De Volkskrant said on Thursday, citing unidentified intelligence sources.

The newspaper said Dutch intelligence agency AIVD was looking into whether the situation had enabled spying by the Chinese government.

In a statement, Huawei said it was 'surprised' by the Volkskrant report and that it would not respond to its core allegations because they came from anonymous sources.