Sir O’Donnell, who served as the UK’s civil service head from 2005 and 2011 and helped organise the NSC under former UK prime minister David Cameron, appeared on the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Friday to discuss the Huawei 5G leaks.
Sir Gus O’Donnell has branded the alleged data breach a “complete outrage”, stating that the top-secret information from the UK’s National Security Council (NSC) meeting was “incredibly serious”.
Responding to the matter, a spokesperson for Huawei UK told Sputnik that while the company was awaiting a formal government announcement, it was pleased that “the U.K. is continuing to take an evidence-based approach to its work.”
The news comes after UK’s Royal United Services Institute accused the Chinese telecoms giant’ of potentially breaching UK infrastructure and allegedly subversive role in Belt and Road Initiative projects, which Huawei has vehemently denied.