Seagate Probed on Chip Sales to Huawei
Suspected of improperly selling HDDs to Chinese tech giant containing chips subject to export controls after ban bolstered in August
By Jean Jacques Maleval | March 23, 2021 at 2:32 pmTo read this article from The Washington Times, click on:
Seagate probed on chip sales to Huawei
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, the agency in charge of monitoring compliance with export controls, is investigating the hard-drive maker Seagate Technology over a possible breach of sanctions imposed on China. According to 2 people familiar with the probe, California-based Seagate is suspected of improperly selling HDDs to Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies that contained microchips subject to export controls after the ban was bolstered in August.