Huawei Technologies Co., China's tech giant that is a leader in next-generation 5G mobile communications networks, is experiencing around 1 million cyberattacks a day from both inside and outside the country, a company executive said.
The cyberattacks are apparently aimed at stealing state-of-the-art 5G technology that the Chinese manufacturer has developed, Senior Vice President John Suffolk said recently at one of the firm's facilities in Dongguan, Guangdong province.
Suffolk, who is in charge of cybersecurity, said Huawei has defended against most of the cyberattacks, but some old-type computers have been affected. He added the company has not identified the sources of the attacks.