[133] Berthold Stoppelkamp, head of the Working Group for Economic Security (ASW), stated that German companies had a poor security culture making espionage easier, exacerbated by the absence of a "strong, centralized" police command. Follow major military news and latest developments in the military sector. [185][deprecated source], On 1 December 2013, Lloyd's Register employee Qing Quentin Huang was arrested and charged with violating the Security of Information Act, for allegedly communicating classified information on the federal shipbuilding strategy to China. [60][61] A Trojan horse was inserted into a Microsoft Word file ostensibly about India's ballistic missile defense program, allowing for the command and control servers to connect and extract information. Computers penetrated include those of the Dalai Lama, Tibetan exiles, organizations affiliated with the Dalai Lama in India, Brussels, London and New York, embassies, foreign ministries and other government offices, and focus was believed to be on the governments of South Asian and Southeast Asian countries. $� �y@�>Ī:@�Y�-�L��@z)"�3�0 � "We advise this so-called commission not to always view China through tinted glasses," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said. [118][119], There have been several incidents of suspected Chinese spies in France. !�1`j0�d�\As(��|� a “world-class” military means, within the context of the PRC’s national strategy it is likely that Beijing will seek to develop a military by mid-century that is equal to—or in some cases superior to—the U.S. military, or that of any other great power that the PRC views as a threat. [241] The virus was mostly localized to Peru but spread to a few neighboring countries before being contained. Second Department [Intelligence] Third Department Fourth Department A U.S. judge dismissed all charges against her due to prosecutorial misconduct. [95][96] This disinformation operation also tried to falsely portray the Milk Tea Alliance as a color revolution style American government plot. China is also engaged in industrial espionage aimed at gathering information to bolster its economy, as well as monitoring dissidents abroad such as supporters of the Tibetan independence movement and Uyghurs as well as the Taiwan independence movement, the Hong Kong independence movement, Falun Gong, pro-democracy activists, and other critics of the Chinese Communist Party. [45][46][47] The building's computer system was subsequently removed and the AU refused a Chinese offer to configure the replacement system. [copyright violation?] For example, Taiwan recently captured a “retired” PLA captain, Zhen Xiaojiang , running a spy ring inside Taiwan than ran back to a unit based in Xiamen unrelated to the General Staff Department. [67] It is also being claimed that the hackers tried to create a national blackout in the country by breaching the electricity units. [247], CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (, CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (. Bourrie stated that at that point "We were there under false pretenses, pretending to be journalists but acting as government agents. [179][180] The head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Richard Fadden in a television interview was assumed to have implied that various Canadian politicians at provincial and municipal levels had ties to Chinese intelligence. [97], In May 2017, Major Wang Hung-ju, a retired military police officer assigned to the National Security Bureau, was indicted on charges of spying for the People's Republic of China. "[213], In July 2020, the United States department of justice indicted two Chinese hackers with global computer intrusion campaign targeting intellectual property and confidential business information, including COVID-19 research. h��mo�6�� [65], In September 2020, Indian police arrested a journalist and accomplices under the Official Secrets Act for allegedly passing sensitive information to Chinese intelligence officers. [220], Nicola Roxon, the Attorney-General of Australia, blocked the Shenzhen-based corporation Huawei from seeking a supply contract for the National Broadband Network, on the advice of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). [40], In July 2020, in its annual report, Germany's domestic intelligence agency, the BfV, warned consumers that personal data they provide to Chinese payment companies or other tech firms such as Tencent, Alibaba and others, could end up in the hands of China's government. [110], The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Leuven was also believed to be the center for a group of Chinese students in Europe conducting industrial espionage, operating under a front organization called the Chinese Students' and Scholars' Association of Leuven. During the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and nuclear meltdowns at Fukushima, the hackers inserted a Trojan virus into PDF attachments to emails being circulated containing information about radiation dosage measurements. [104], According to Taiwanese prosecutors, engineer Wang Yongming (on behalf of Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit) engaged in espionage to steal Micron Technology microchip designs via the Taiwanese company UMC. [217][218] A male Chinese student from Fujian was granted a protection visa by the Refugee Review Tribunal of Australia after revealing that he had been instructed to spy on Australian targets in exchange for an overseas scholarship, reporting to the Ministry of State Security. [226] Yan was suspected of undertaking influence operations on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party, and introducing Colonel Liu Chaoying, a military intelligence officer, to Australian contacts. [122][123] Li Li was ultimately convicted of violating the confidentiality clause of her contract and served two months in prison, but was allowed to continue her doctoral studies at the University of Technology of Compiègne. By Yasmin Tadjdeh. The attacks were subsequently traced back to a Chinese graduate student from Sichuan and the Chinese government is suspected of planning the attacks. 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[52], Since at least April 2017, TEMP.Periscope, an advanced persistent threat based in China, has been hacking Cambodian organizations related to the 2018 general election. China’s military is working to adopt artificial intelligence and autonomous technology as quickly as it can. "In addition to harming U.S. interests, Chinese human and cyber espionage activities provide China with a method for leaping forward in economic, technological, and military development." [168] Gyantsan was arrested upon returning from Warsaw, carrying $6,000 in cash. ��0.��9������-r;qM�ʦ3�������)i9�'0�[�lA!�ru��3�j��‚�)��*kaR.+�d���j{�>և,24L��*px����,mM��t{�8��0�C8�W�+��7po���op Dec. 3, 2020, 2:37 PM PST. Washington, D.C. – (January 15, 2019) The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) today released China Military Power, a product that examines the core capabilities of China’s military. Evidence led to the discovery of GhostNet, a large cyber-spy network. [64], In March 2019, Indian intelligence agencies, told news services that China was trying to spy on Indian Naval bases, located in southern India and Integrated Test Range missile testing facility located at Abdul Kalam Island. endstream endobj startxref [206] James Comey said: "It is a very big deal from a national security perspective and from a counterintelligence perspective. #8���>�'���e��u��N��`��. The Pentagon released its 2020 report on China’s military power this week. Article 14 of China's 2017 National Intelligence Law mandates that Chinese intelligence agencies "may ask relevant institutions, organizations and citizens to provide necessary support, assistance and cooperation. [226] Uren, former Assistant Secretary responsible for the Asia section of ONA, was found to have removed documents pertaining to Chinese intelligence operations in Australia, and kept them in his apartment. China will be vexed by this high-level trip by a top US general. "[51], In 2020, Japan's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) reported that a suspected Chinese hacking organization dubbed "Bronze President" had hacked and extracted footage from the AU Headquarters' security cameras. [240] ESET researcher Righard Zwienenberg claimed this was Chinese industrial espionage. [137][138] In 2011, a 64-year-old German man was charged with spying on Uyghurs in Munich between April 2008 and October 2009. [165][166][167] In April 2018 Sweden charged Dorjee Gyantsan, a 49-year-old Tibetan refugee, with spying on Tibetan dissidents and refugees in Sweden between July 2015 and February 2017. It is employs a variety of tactics including cyber spying to gain access to sensitive information remotely, signals intelligence, and human intelligence. [58][59], The "Luckycat" hacking campaign that targeted Japan and Tibet also targeted India. In 2007 Chinese diplomat Ji Wumin left Germany after being observed meeting with individuals engaged in surveillance of Munich Uyghurs, and German investigators suspect China is coordinating espionage activities out of its Munich consulate in the Neuhausen district. All the latest updates on arms sales, weapon deliveries and military drills. [169][170], UK officials, including experts at its MI5 intelligence agency, are fearful that China could shut down businesses in the nation with Chinese cyberattacks and spy equipment embedded in computer and telecommunications equipment. [182], In 2012 Mark Bourrie, an Ottawa-based freelance journalist, stated that the State Council-run Xinhua News Agency asked him to collect information on the Dalai Lama through their Ottawa bureau chief, Dacheng Zhang, by exploiting his journalistic access to the Parliament of Canada. [214], Former Department of Defence Secretary Dennis Richardson has stated that China is engaged in extensive espionage against Australia, and included surveillance of Chinese Australian communities. The case is important because firstly it is Taiwan's first Internet-related national security case the bureau investigated. 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Military–civil fusion hasn’t meant that all universities are equally integrated into the military’s efforts. [201], Taiwanese-American scientist Wen Ho Lee (born in Nantou, Taiwan 21 December 1939) was accused and investigated on the grounds of espionage in 1999 but was acquitted of all charges except for mishandling classified data. According to reports on Saturday, the CIA has shared evidence with agencies across the Five Eyes that Huawei has received funding from China's military and state intelligence.
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