At the conclusion of March 2014, Der Spiegel and The Intercept released, primarily based on a collection of labeled documents from the archive presented to reporters by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, content articles associated to espionage endeavours by GCHQ and NSA in Germany. The NSA, in an procedure named "Shotgiant", was equipped to access Huawei's e-mail archive and the supply code for Huawei's communications products and solutions.