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5 days ago

Hostile powers sending spies to west's universities, says former security chief

Hostile spy agencies are now as focused on infiltrating western universities and companies as they are on doing so to governments, according to the former head of Canada's intelligence service. David Vigneault warned that a recent industrial-scale attempt by China to steal new technologies showed the need for increased vigilance from academics. The frontline has moved, from being focused on government information to private sector innovation, research innovation and universities,
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4 weeks ago

Canada says Russia and China are ramping up spy efforts in its Arctic region

Russia and China actively target Canada's Arctic with cyber and non-cyber intelligence collection against government and private sectors; CSIS foiled some Russian and Iranian operations.
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1 month ago

Head of CPS faces cross-party pressure to explain China spy trial collapse

The director of public prosecutions faces cross-party demands to explain why the CPS dropped charges in a China-linked spy case shortly before trial.
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1 month ago
UK politics

No 10 publishes key witness statements in China spy row

Downing Street published three Collins witness statements after espionage charges against two Britons were dropped due to insufficient evidence of a China national-security threat.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago
US politics

Growing questions over collapsed China spy trial as ex-MI6 chief confused' over case

Collapse of a prosecution against two men accused of spying for Beijing raises questions about withheld documents and risks undermining UK–US intelligence sharing.
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1 month ago

China spying case: dream job turns into nightmare for DPP Stephen Parkinson

DPP Stephen Parkinson dropped a China espionage trial after prosecutors could not obtain a government witness statement on China's current threat to UK national security.
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1 month ago

MI5 chief frustrated' at failure to put men accused of spying for China on trial

MI5's director general expressed frustration at dropped prosecutions while emphasizing continued disruption of China-linked espionage and rising state-threat investigations.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Former top civil servant questions Starmer over China spy trial collapse

Simon Case challenged the prime minister's explanation that prior Conservative policy prevented prosecution in the collapsed trial of two men accused of spying for China.
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fromDataBreaches.Net
3 months ago

FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned 'nearly every American' - DataBreaches.Net

China's Salt Typhoon campaign exfiltrated data from millions of U.S. residents and impacted networks across at least 80 countries through years-long telecommunications intrusions.
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