Chinese users on the RedNote social media platform have cautioned one another about requests from “TikTok refugees” who ask for street view images of China and photos of Tibet or Xinjiang, warning that such users could be foreign spies. Posts discouraging Chinese users from sharing street views began circulating on the platform last week with … Read more
Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told details of her long-time art adviser’s double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn’t want to add to her worries, newly declassified documents reveal. The files about royal art historian Anthony Blunt are among a trove from the intelligence agency MI5 released Tuesday by Britain’s National Archives. They … Read more
After years of tension with the previous Conservative government over human rights and security concerns, Reeves has political space to take a different, more business-like approach to Beijing and try and tap China’s vast market for economic benefits. “Everything the Tories did on foreign policy was about backbench management,” said a U.K. government official, who, like … Read more
Foreign spies are disguising their identities to buy phone numbers and social media accounts in China so they can pose as job recruiters or close friends to gather personal information, the country’s top intelligence agency has warned. In a post on its social media account on Tuesday, the Ministry of State Security (MSS) cited three … Read more
China’s top intelligence agency has warned that open-source information poses threats to national security by making sensitive data vulnerable to exploitation by foreign spies. Sensitive data that is not properly declassified or assessed for risks can be publicly spread online and “become an important source of open-source intelligence” for overseas spy agencies, the Ministry of … Read more
China’s top spy agency has warned that foreign agents could use flaws in the country’s massive camera surveillance network to steal state secrets. The warning, posted on the WeChat account of the Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Sunday, came after a citizen from an unnamed city reported to the agency that video surveillance cameras … Read more
Air fryers have quickly become a staple in many kitchens, lauded as a healthier, efficient way to prepare meals. But a recent investigation from consumer watchdog Which? has raised unsettling concerns about some smart air fryers potentially collecting and transmitting personal data, even recording conversations, and sending that data to China. This new research is … Read more
China’s top spy agency said a tip-off led investigators to crack a case of attempted smuggling of gallium – an essential component in military radar units that is subject to export controls – adding that it would continue to work to shut down theft of the country’s strategic minerals by “foreign espionage agencies”. The Ministry … Read more
Der „Herbst der Entscheidung“ scheint immer mehr zur Entscheidung zu werden, ob die FDP womöglich wirklich aus der Ampel aussteigt. Passieren könnte das noch vor den finalen Haushaltsverhandlungen, und inzwischen kochen die wildesten Spekulationen hoch, wann der richtige Zeitpunkt dafür sein könnte. Welche Ultimaten die FDP ihren Partnern jetzt stellen will und was die US-Wahl … Read more
Ukraine arrested a man for allegedly spying for Russia while impersonating a United Nations volunteer on the front lines, Kyiv’s security service said Monday. “Disguising himself as a volunteer, the traitor spied on the locations of the Defense Forces [toward] Pokrovsk, where the highest concentration of enemy attacks has been recorded so far,” Ukraine’s Security … Read more
