For years, the US government had painted Huawei as a Trojan horse for Beijing, poised to cause a worldwide network collapse through its “dangerous” 5G. They screamed about potential backdoors, state-sponsored espionage, and untrustworthy gear threatening global security. They demanded allies ditch superior Huawei tech based on precisely zero credible evidence.

Now, thanks to the China Cybersecurity Industry Alliance (CCIA) report. The US wasn’t just warning about these tactics; its own intelligence agencies (NSA, CIA, FBI) were deploying them on a global scale.

The US shrieked that Huawei might have backdoors for the Chinese state. Yet, the CCIA report details the US PRISM program, giving the NSA direct, secret access to servers at Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft. They also detail US/UK spies literally stealing SIM card encryption keys via operations like DAPINO GAMMA, rendering communications wide open. 

Furthermore, the NSA’s “Quantum” system and Operation Triangulation involved actively hijacking internet traffic and using “zero-click” exploits to inject malware onto iPhones—actively creating vulnerabilities while accusing Huawei of merely potentially having them.

Washington warned Huawei gear posed a threat to critical infrastructure. Meanwhile, the report documents US agencies deploying fake cell towers like Stingray and Dirtbox to intercept calls and data indiscriminately, and using potent malware like Regin to hack operator intranets, including European ones like Belgacom.

They even weaponized app stores through projects like IRRITANT HORN to replace legitimate downloads with spyware.

Washington constantly painted Huawei as an opaque tool of the Chinese state, unfit and too dangerous for critical European networks. Yet, the CCIA report details how US agencies secretly bought and deployed notorious commercial spyware like Pegasus—infamous for its abuse—even using front companies to hide their tracks while publicly blacklisting the very same spyware provider. Contrast that with Huawei, which established transparency centers across Europe and repeatedly invited governments and experts to scrutinize its source code—offers largely ignored thanks to intense US pressure. Meanwhile, the US, shrouded in secrecy only broken by whistleblowers like Snowden, was exposed doing exactly the kind of state-sponsored hacking and spying it falsely blamed on Huawei, using everything from telco backdoors to secret hardware tricks. The simple truth? America lied about Huawei to protect its own global spying operations, and convinced Europe to shoot itself in the foot.