Spies, hackers, informants: how China snoops on the West
China at the heart of the government in London, sparking fresh fears over how Beijing gathers intelligence.
The incident follows allegations earlier this year that China flew a surveillance balloon over the United States, causing a diplomatic furore.
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementVisitNorthwestern UniversityKellogg Post Graduate Certificate in Product ManagementVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Digital Marketing and AnalyticsVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Professional Certificate in Product ManagementVisitHere are some of the ways China has worked to spy on the West in recent years:
— Cyber warfare -
The United States warned in 2022 that the Asian giant represents «the broadest, most active, and persistent cyber espionage threat» to its government and private sector.
According to researchers and Western intelligence officials, China has become adept at hacking rival nations' digital systems to gather trade secrets.
In 2021, the United States, NATO and other allies said China had employed «contract hackers» to exploit a breach in Microsoft email systems, giving state security agents access to sensitive information.
Chinese spies have also hacked the US energy department, utility companies, telecommunications firms and universities, according to US government statements and media reports.
The United States also has its own ways of spying on China, deploying surveillance and interception techniques as well as networks of informants.
— Tech fears -
In the technology sector, there are concerns that China's state-linked firms would be obliged to share intel with their government.
In 2019, the US Department of Justice charged
