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The US National Security Agency has infiltrated servers in the聽聽telecommunications and internet giant聽, obtaining sensitive information and monitoring the communications of top executives,听聽reported on Saturday.

The newspaper said its report on the operation, code-named "Shotgiant," was based on聽NSA聽documents provided by Edward Snowden, the former agency contractor who since last year has leaked data revealing sweeping U.S. surveillance activities. The German magazine聽聽also reported on the documents.

One of the goals of the operation was to find any connections between Huawei and the Chinese People's Liberation Army, according to a 2010 document cited by聽.

But the newspaper said the operation also sought to exploit Huawei's technology. It reported that the聽狈厂础听aimed to conduct surveillance through computer and telephone networks Huawei sold to other nations. If ordered by the U.S. president, the聽NSA聽also planned to unleash offensive cyber operations, it said.

The newspaper said the聽NSA聽secured access to the servers in Huawei's sealed headquarters in the city of聽聽and got information about the workings of the聽聽and complex digital switches the company says connect a third of the world's people. The聽NSA聽also tracked communications of Huawei's top executives,听听谤别辫辞谤迟别诲.

聽reported that the聽NSA聽breached Huawei's computer network and copied a list of more than 1,400 clients and internal training documents for engineers. "We have access to so much data that we don't know what to do with it," the magazine cited an聽NSA聽document as saying.

The magazine said the聽NSA聽also is pursuing a digital offensive against the Chinese political leadership. It named the government targets as former Chinese prime minister聽聽and the Chinese trade and foreign ministries.

'PLANS AND INTENTIONS'

"Many of our targets communicate over Huawei-produced products. We want to make sure that we know how to exploit these products,"聽聽quoted an聽NSA聽document as saying, to "gain access to networks of interest" around the world.

"If we can determine the company's plans and intentions," an analyst wrote in the 2010 document, "we hope that this will lead us back to the plans and intentions" of the聽.

聽also reported that as Huawei invested in new technology and laid undersea cables to connect its $40 billion-a-year networking operation, the聽NSA聽was interested in getting information on into key Chinese customers including "high priority targets - Iran,听,听,听,听."

听辩耻辞迟别诲听, a senior Huawei executive in the聽, as saying that the company did not know it was a target of the聽NSA.

"The irony is that exactly what they are doing to us is what they have always charged that the Chinese are doing through us,"聽聽quoted Plummer as saying.

"If such espionage has been truly conducted then it is known that the company is independent and has no unusual ties to any government, and that knowledge should be relayed publicly to put an end to an era of mis- and disinformation,"聽聽quoted Plummer as saying.

聽noted that U.S. officials see Huawei as a security threat and have blocked the company from making business deals in the聽, worried that it would furnish its equipment with "back doors" that could enable聽聽or Chinese-backed hackers to swipe corporate and government secrets.

Snowden last year fled to Hong Kong and then to聽, where he has asylum. The聽聽wants him returned to face criminal prosecution.

U.S. officials have denied the聽听补苍诲听NSA聽have spied on foreign companies to help American companies gain a competitive edge. A聽聽official said the聽NSA聽and other agencies do not provide secretly collected intelligence information that could be commercially sensitive or give a competitive advantage to U.S. firms.

U.S. officials acknowledge that in the course of assessing the economic prospects or stability of foreign countries American agencies might collect data on individual companies.

They also said the聽聽might collect data on foreign companies in preparation for imposing economic sanctions or taking other foreign policy-related actions against a country and its leadership, but not to aid American companies.

听补苍诲听聽articles were published just days before Chinese President聽听惫颈蝉颈迟蝉聽and will hold talks with German Chancellor聽, herself a target of electronic surveillance by the聽NSA.

They also were published during U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's visit to聽. In聽聽on Saturday, she told an audience of college students that open access to information - especially online - is a universal right.