Espionage & Soft Power

The Daring Ruse That Exposed China’s Campaign to Steal American Secrets

How the downfall of one intelligence agent revealed the astonishing depth of Chinese industrial espionage. By Yudhijit Bhattacharjee March 7, 2023 Listen to This Article Audio Recording by Audm Listen 50:19 To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. In March 2017, an engineer at G.E. Aviation in …

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Chinese Agents Spread Messages That Sowed Virus Panic in U.S., Officials Say – The New York Times

By Edward Wong, Matthew Rosenberg and Julian E. Barnes April 22, 2020Updated 10:21 a.m. ET 358 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 “WASHINGTON — The alarming messages came fast and furious in mid-March, popping up on the cellphone screens and social media feeds of millions of Americans grappling with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Spread the word, the messages said: The Trump administration was about to lock down the entire …

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How Chinese Spies Got the N.S.A.’s Hacking Tools, and Used Them for Attacks – The New York Times

By Nicole Perlroth, David E. Sanger and Scott Shane May 6, 2019 199 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 “Chinese intelligence agents acquired National Security Agency hacking tools and repurposed them in 2016 to attack American allies and private companies in Europe and Asia, a leading cybersecurity firm has discovered. The episode is the latest evidence that the United States has lost control of …

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After a Hiatus- China Accelerates Cyberspying Efforts to Obtain U.S. Technology – The New York Times

By David E. Sanger and Steven Lee Myers Nov. 29, 2018 “WASHINGTON — Three years ago, President Barack Obama struck a deal with China that few thought was possible: President Xi Jinping agreed to end his nation’s yearslong practice of breaking into the computer systems of American companies, military contractors and government agencies to obtain designs, technology and …

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