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 Arrests MIT Professor for Hiding China Links

The FBI arrested a professor at one of America’s top universities for hiding China links over his work for the Chinese communist government. Gang Chen, 56, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was arrested by federal agents and charged with grant fraud on January 14, according to a U.S. Department of Justice ...

Rory Karsten

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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 ...

Nspirement Staff

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China’s Personal Data Theft Triggers Concerns in FBI

FBI Director Christopher Wray recently gave a grave warning to America — Chinese hackers have stolen the personal information of almost 50 percent of the U.S. population, including most adults. He was speaking at a congressional testimony on the subject of Chinese data theft. A security risk from data theft Wray stated that an American ...

Nspirement Staff

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FBI: China Is the Biggest Tech Thief

Christopher Wray, Director of the FBI, has pointed to China as the single biggest law enforcement threat and tech thief facing the United States and warned that Beijing was seeking to acquire American technology through any means necessary. He was speaking at a conference held by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in ...

Jack Roberts

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