Huawei's Offices In France Raided By Financial Prosecutors (cnn.com) 15
The French offices of Chinese tech giant Huawei were raided by financial prosecutors this week, the company confirmed Friday. CNN reports: A French judicial source told CNN Thursday that the raid had been carried out as part of a preliminary probe launched by the financial prosecutor's office over alleged "breach of probity," a broad term concerning offenses such as acts of corruption, favoritism and influence peddling. The source did not provide any further details about the investigation. A preliminary investigation does not imply any wrongdoing.
"Huawei has been in France for over 20 years, and has been in compliance with the laws and regulations applicable in the country. While Huawei France does not wish to comment on an ongoing investigation, the company remains confident about its conclusions," a spokesperson said.
"Huawei has been in France for over 20 years, and has been in compliance with the laws and regulations applicable in the country. While Huawei France does not wish to comment on an ongoing investigation, the company remains confident about its conclusions," a spokesperson said.
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Americans projecting as usual (Score:2)
It's the US where paying politicians for favours is legal as long as you call it "lobbying" and don't say the "B" word.
Accountants (Score:3)
I feel like a "raid" led by accountants would be the most terrifying thing ever.
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I feel like a "raid" led by accountants would be the most terrifying thing ever.
That's how Al Capone was sent to jail. By accountants.
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Um. It's France. Just pull out a gun and the frenchies will all run.
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Sacrebleu!
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Pretty sure stating the truth has nothing to do with taking The Lord's name in vain. But you go girl!!!
encryption (Score:2)
I am surprised that everything isn't stored in China, or if they have to have it in the EU/France, have it somewhere else to give them time.
Or at a minimum have it all encrypted.
Just like when Uber was raided in Canada, but they don't have anything on site. Everything was done remotely in the US, and when the security in the US observed police going into the building, they disabled access. They would've need to convince a US judge to give them a warrant to access the data in the US.
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By EU law, any data about European citizens has to be stored inside the EU. Huawei are doing business in the EU, so they have to have the relevant data in the EU. It wouldn't even be legal to store everything in China.
There is also no good reason to encrypt it. Encryption doesn't protect against ransomware or corporate espionage. It makes sense for a natural person to encrypt their data, but why would a company need to delete its browser history?
The only things a public company like Huawei would have to
Re: interesting to see if criminal or just acciden (Score:1)
You missed out the possibility of them being entirely innocent.