Two men, Chi Leung Wai and Chung Biu Yuen, have been jailed in the UK for assisting a foreign intelligence service. Wai, a Border Force officer, used his access to track Hong Kong dissidents, while Yuen acted as his contact with Chinese authorities. Their actions were deemed to threaten state sovereignty.
The FBI has seized 13 fake consulting company domains used by Chinese intelligence services to target current and former US security clearance holders with AI-generated content. China denies the allegations, calling them slander.
The Five Eyes intelligence alliance warned that China is using fake job recruitment schemes on platforms like LinkedIn to trick government and military personnel into revealing sensitive information. Operatives pose as recruiters, offering jobs to gather privileged military, political, and economic data, with targets including security clearance holders and academics. China has rejected the allegations as 'malicious slander'.
China is using fake job recruitment schemes on platforms like LinkedIn to trick government and military personnel into revealing sensitive information, according to a Five Eyes intelligence alliance warning. Targets are asked for non-public details, with initial payments escalating for more classified data.
A married German couple, Xuejun C. and Hua S., was arrested in Munich for suspected espionage for China, accused of spying on scientists at German universities and research institutes for military tech information.
A Border Force officer has been convicted in London for aiding Chinese intelligence in spying on Hong Kong dissidents in the UK. Chi Leung “Peter” Wai used confidential immigration data to identify and monitor activists, operating as part of a "shadow policing" network. He was found guilty under the National Security Act, alongside a former Hong Kong police officer.
Xu Zewei, a Chinese national, has been extradited to the U.S. to face charges for his role in the HAFNIUM cyber campaign. He is accused of hacking U.S. COVID-19 research and Microsoft Exchange servers under the direction of China's Ministry of State Security.
