Beijing’s top spy agency has accused four members of the Taiwanese defence ministry’s Information, Communications and Electronic Force Command (ICEFCOM) of conducting cyberattacks against the Chinese mainland and churning out fake news. In a social media post on Monday, the Ministry of State Security (MSS) published the names and photographs of the leaders and staff…
China’s top anti-espionage agency has reminded Chinese tourists to stay vigilant about attempts by foreign intelligence agencies to gather sensitive information from them when they travel abroad during the festive season. The reminder from the Ministry of State Security came just days before Lunar New Year celebrations begin. The holiday, also known as Spring Festival,…
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…
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…