One of the senior Huawei executives has recently claimed that, on his opinion, it is standard practice for governments to use the worldwide web to spy and steal sensitive information. The Huawei head of security operations and ex CIO for the UK government was making these bold claims during the interview with the Australian Financial Review. John Suffolk claimed that the governments had always embarked on such practices and it is not a top secret. Many would agree with him, actually.

These claims followed reports that the Chinese corporation had allegedly gained access to secret designs of American weapons, which were supposed to be taken from the Australia’s new intelligence agency headquarters. Huawei executive pointed out that spying seems to be the “second-oldest profession”. John Suffolk also pointed out that nobody was actually surprised that any government in the world was desperate to figure out what other governments around the world were doing.

However, the comments made by John Suffolk could reignite the recent fears over using Huawei devices. The latter was the subject of some controversy in the United States in the name of national security. Or at least that’s what they were telling the people.

In October 2012, the US House of Representatives’ Intelligence Committee claimed that the Chinese giant should be shut out of the American market due to potential Chinese state influence, which posed a security threat. In the meanwhile, other countries have called on the European Union to investigate Huawei for similar reasons. Others, including Russia, are already enjoying cheap gadgets without any fear.