Cybersecurity

Huawei's Poland Crisis Threatens to Intensify Spying Concerns

  • The company fires arrested employee for fomenting ‘disrepute’
  • It’s the latest blow for Huawei in a key Western market
People are seen in the offices of Huawei Poland in Warsaw.

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Huawei Technologies Co. cut loose a sales director arrested in Poland on suspicion of espionage, moving swiftly to distance itself from a case that may crystallize fears the telecoms giant helps Beijing spy on Western governments.