Why Chinese spies are sending a chill through Silicon Valley
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Why Chinese spies are sending a chill through Silicon Valley

The Telegraph  

Linwei Ding had been working at Google’s California headquarters for four years when he booked a one-way ticket to Beijing and, on Boxing Day, handed in his notice. Last year, the intelligence chiefs of the “Five Eyes” nations clubbed together at Stanford University – the cradle of Silicon Valley innovation – to warn technology companies that they are increasingly under threat. Beijing ‘targeting Chinese diaspora’ Beijing’s mission to acquire cutting edge tech has been given greater urgency by strict US export controls, which have cut off China’s supply of advanced microchips and artificial intelligence systems. “As controls tighten, China’s incentive to procure off-limits technology increases,” says William Hannas, a former CIA official now at the Centre for Security and Emerging Technology. Last year, the US government launched a “Disruptive Technology Strike Force” designed to prevent high-tech secrets being stolen from companies, although a separate Trump-era “China Initiative” was shut down two years ago amid concerns about racial profiling.

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