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Bloomberg Television12 min

How China’s Intelligence Operations Target Tech

Peter Mattis, David Gura, Christina Ruffini

Interview, Fireside Chat

Former CIA analyst Peter Mattis attributes the alleged ousting of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang to a sophisticated espionage campaign where the Chinese Ministry of State Security exploited a co-optee connected to the political elite to access strategic AI intelligence. This operation leverages China's 2017 Intelligence Law to recruit business figures through psychological levers like ego and coercion, targeting unclassified yet critical political and technological data across global hubs. Experts warn that the integration of AI into these efforts increases the sophistication of such campaigns, urging executives to establish strict boundaries against inquiries into cloud computing and US policy to mitigate existential risks.