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China’s Intelligence Ops Swamping the West

The communist nation runs the world’s largest and most aggressive intelligence machine.
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China’s Intelligence Ops Swamping the West
Chinese nationals (background R) and their alleged Philippine accomplices (L), arrested for alleged espionage, are escorted out of a room by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents after a press conference at the NBI office in Manila on Feb. 25, 2025. Ted Aljibe/AFP via Getty Images
Mike Fredenburg
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In a landmark revelation on Nov. 13, Anthropic, an artificial intelligence research company, said it had disrupted the world’s first documented AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign, attributing it with high confidence to a Chinese state-sponsored group that weaponized Anthropic’s own Claude Code tool to infiltrate around 30 global targets, including tech firms, financial institutions, chemical manufacturers, and government agencies.
Mike Fredenburg
Mike Fredenburg
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Mike Fredenburg writes on military technology and defense matters with an emphasis on defense reform. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and master’s degree in production operations management.