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Chinese Espionage Achieves Unprecedented Success, Exposes U.S. Intel Failure, CCTV Risks

Nov 24, 2024, 04:25 PM

China's foreign intelligence operations are becoming increasingly assertive, posing significant threats to national security. Reports indicate that Chinese espionage efforts targeting the U.S. have achieved unprecedented success, with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) now aware of which spies the U.S. intelligence community (IC) was monitoring and which had not yet been identified. This development marks a significant intelligence coup for China and a major failure for the U.S. Additionally, a Ministry of State Security investigation revealed that China's 200 million CCTV cameras pose a threat to national security due to poor management, which creates a significant risk of foreign spy agencies stealing state secrets, as reported by SCMPNews. China also employs strategic deception and exploits weaknesses by forming opportunistic alliances.