US EditionReport: Spies Use 'Sex Warfare' to Target Silicon Valley Secrets
- Recently, industry insiders say Chinese and Russian operatives are using `sex warfare` to seduce and spy on Silicon Valley professionals, with James Mulvenon recently targeted and noting a surge in LinkedIn approaches.
- This month, the ninth annual China Innovation and Entrepreneurship International Competition ran in cities including Boston, London and Tokyo, and US officials warned last month that some competitions require startups to share IP and personal data.
- Klaus Pflugbeil tried to sell stolen Tesla documents for $15,000,000 at a Las Vegas trade conference, while a Silicon Valley biotech chief executive said he was recorded and followed at last year's competition.
- The House committee warned the CCP has conducted more than 60 espionage cases in the US over four years, while the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property estimates trade secret theft costs up to $180 million annually.
- US counterintelligence community says they are playing catch-up as officials call for more spending, tighter scrutiny of cross-border funds and awareness of Russian and Chinese threats.
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Chinese and Russian operatives use “sex warfare” to seduce Silicon Valley professionals, stealing US tech secrets through charm, espionage, and manipulation, shocking America’s innovation hub.
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