"But when ReFirm looked through the updated firmware, they still found the same ...

"But when ReFirm looked through the updated firmware, they still found the same backdoor — just relocated in a different place in the code. (Huawei had done the same thing)."

I'm not sure what event they are referring to for Huawei.

Edit: I followed the first reference I found, and ended up at: https://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/543641/netgear_patch_... perhaps because owned by Huawei or person referenced Huawei when they meant Netgear?