christopher wray, counterintelligence, cyber threats, fbi

FBI Concerns Topped by China’s Counterintelligence Threats

In a recent meeting, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray discussed the two most significant concerns for the FBI. Both the issues are related to China. The meeting was with the Domestic Security Alliance Council. Both these organizations share a strong partnership in ensuring the security of the U.S.’s intellectual property and critical ...

Jack Roberts

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FBI Takes Action Against Beijing’s ‘Operation Fox Hunt’

The FBI has charged eight people with colluding with the Chinese regime and conspiring to act against the United States. Five of them have been arrested while three remain in China. The arrested individuals apparently tried to stalk, harass, and coerce U.S. residents to return to China as part of the Chinese Communist Party’s Operation ...

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FBI Director: Chinese Regime ‘Engages in Broad, Diverse Campaign of Theft and Malign Influence’

The FBI Director has spoken openly, and at length, about how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) threatens the economic and national security of the U.S. “The greatest long-term threat to our nation’s information and intellectual property, and to our economic vitality, is the counterintelligence and economic espionage threat from China,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray ...

Jack Roberts

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China Targeting U.S. Universities One by One

The U.S. educational system is under attack from China and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which is sending spies into institutions to steal high-value knowledge in various fields. Though most espionage activities go undetected and cause huge losses to U.S. research, intelligence agencies have been successful in catching a few such spies red-handed over the ...

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American Universities Are Showing the Door to Confucius Institutes

In the U.S., Confucius Institutes operate on the campuses of close to 100 universities. Over the past few years, the intelligence community has been wary of these institutes, since they are mostly funded by the Chinese government and sneak in pro-communist content to a large number of their courses. Understanding the potential danger posed by ...

Nspirement Staff

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