US government is 'ignorant of technology', say Huawei bosses

Company executive Peter Zhou said he often had to 'explain it to them like I do to my kids'

Huawei bosses have accused the US government of being "ignorant of technology" and belittling national security concerns with unsubstantiated claims the company is an arm of the Chinese state and its mobile network can be used to spy on western governments.

John Suffolk, Huawei's chief security officer and the UK government's former chief IT adviser, said US politicians had not produced any evidence to back up claims that Huawei's forthcoming 5G mobile technology could be hacked by Chinese spies to eavesdrop on sensitive phone calls - or even kill targets by crashing driverless cars.