Top US official warns of 'large uptick' in foreign spies targeting tech companies, threatening national security

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Source: ABC News

October 29, 2024, 4:12 AM


The nation's chief counterintelligence officer, Mike Casey, is warning of a "large uptick" in foreign spies trying to secretly infiltrate tech companies in the United States so they can steal America's latest innovations.

According to Casey, America's own economy and national security -- even democracy itself -- are at stake, with China in particular looking to use stolen technologies to crush U.S. competitors, squeeze civil liberties inside China, and boost China's military might.

"We're not perfect, but I don't want to live in the dystopian version of the [People's Republic of China]," joked Casey, who as director of the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center coordinates and guides the nation's counterintelligence activities.

Casey said that over the past two years, as U.S. companies began to heed warnings about questionable investments from China, the U.S. intelligence community has seen a spike in China's use of front companies and other proxies to access start-up companies and then steal their new technologies.

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[yardwork]

1. I know it's wrong to feel this way....

But I'm so angry with the sociopathic billionaire tech bros who are trying to install Trump as a dictator just so they'll get tax breaks, it would serve them right if foreign enemies they've emboldened hurt their own businesses.

Again, I know it's more nuanced than that but that was my immediate reaction. I truly despise Musk, Thiel, Bezos, and the rest of them.

[Magoo48]

2. We pour an obscenely mammoth amount of money into war/defense tech and spy craft.

So, hire some more fucking spies, gear them up, and do your fucking jobs.