Espionage

Chinese hackers pose biggest espionage threat to tech firms, CrowdStrike says

Those servers include major industrial firms, banks, auditors, healthcare companies, and several US state-level and international government entities.

Microsoft server hack hit about 100 organisations, researchers say

In a video posted on X on Friday, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said he was initiating a two-week review to ensure China-based engineers were not working on any other cloud services contracts across the Defence Department.

Microsoft to stop using engineers in China for tech support of US military, Hegseth orders review 

Protestors in Tel Aviv demanding the return of hostages kidnapped during Hamas' Oct 7 attack on Israel, which laid bare the consequences of intelligence failure.

The tools of global spycraft have changed

Under the plea agreement, Assange will appear in the US District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.

Wikileaks’ Julian Assange to plead guilty, ending years long US battle

The US has worked with allies to prevent Beijing from obtaining the most advanced semiconductors and the latest chipmaking technologies.

Chinese chipmaker cleared in US criminal trade secrets case

As part of Xi Jinping’s increased focus on national security, Beijing has implemented an anti-espionage law in a move to further tighten restrictions on foreigners.

China formally arrests Japanese employee suspected of spying

Security analysts expect Chinese hackers could target US military networks and other critical infrastructure if China invades Taiwan.

Chinese hackers spying on US critical infrastructure, Western intelligence says

The Chinese national flag, with a silhouette of a surveillance camera behind it, in Beijing, November 2022.

What China’s new counter-espionage law means for foreign firms 

US National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, accused of leaking classified documents online, may still have access to classified materials, federal prosecutors said in court documents filed on Wednesday.

US prosecutors say leak suspect may still have access to classified materials