UK doing the wrong thing on Huawei, says Australian ex-spy

Simeon Gilding says Britain relying on 'flawed and outdated' cybersecurity model

Britain has done the wrong thing in allowing Huawei to supply it with 5G equipment because China cannot be prevented from exploiting the technology for mass surveillance, according to a senior former Australian spy.

Simeon Gilding, a director of the Australian Signals Directorate until December, said his country's intelligence agency was unable to design cybersecurity controls that could prevent China from gaining backdoor access to Huawei.