British Prime Minister Theresa May is reportedly planning to allow Chinese tech giant Huawei to play a role in the construction of the United Kingdom’s 5G network, against the stern warnings of its cyber-allies the US and Australia. While the plan is to use Huawei equipment for the “non-core” sections of a 5G network – the more “passive” equipment like base stations, antennas, and masts – cybersecurity experts disagree on whether a bad actor could still compromise the entire network from those areas.
