<p>Huawei were granted Administrator rights, and were effectively running the entire Telco operation. </p><p>As Administrators, they had the ability to access everything. That’s not a security vulnerability or a backdoor or even a hacking attack. It’s not even technical; that’s just Administrator-level privilege.</p>
<p>Other Huawei news. Leica is dumping the partnership with Huawei mobile. I think its a matter of some months before Huawei stop making smartphones. </p>