Global finance falls victim to China's spyware campaign

US and Germany warn companies about backdoors in Chinese tax software

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Beijing has strongly denied allegations that Chinese telecommunication equipment makers, including Huawei Technologies, have installed spyware and backdoor access. (Nikkei montage/Reuters and AP)

YOICHI TAKITA, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- U.S. and German investigative and intelligence agencies issued grave warnings in recent months that Chinese government-mandated tax software contains malware, which enables backdoor access into the applications that install it.

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