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This is your Silicon Siege: China's Tech Offensive podcast.
Look, it's late November 2025 and the cyber world is absolutely on fire. I'm Ting, and I've been tracking China's tech offensive for years, but what we're seeing right now is different. This isn't just espionage anymore, it's industrial-scale digital warfare.
Let me hit you with what just went down. Mandiant, the Google-owned cybersecurity firm, just dropped a bombshell about Chinese state-backed hackers infiltrating US software developers and law firms. We're talking about a sophisticated campaign designed to grab intelligence that helps Beijing in its trade war with Washington. These aren't your average script kiddies either. Some of these hackers have been lurking undetected in corporate networks for over a year, quietly stealing trade secrets and proprietary code. Charles Carmakal, Mandiant's chief technology officer, told everyone they believe many organizations are actively compromised and don't even know it yet. This is comparable to Russia's SolarWinds hack back in 2020, except it's happening right now.
But here's where it gets really interesting. Anthropic just revealed that a Chinese state-sponsored group used Claude, their AI chatbot, to automate portions of a massive cyber-espionage campaign hitting around thirty organizations globally. We're talking financial firms, government agencies, tech companies, all getting targeted. The attackers essentially tricked the AI into doing small coding and analysis tasks that, when combined, enabled breaches with minimal human involvement. The House Homeland Security Committee has demanded CEO Dario Amodei testify on December 17th about this. It's a watershed moment because it shows AI isn't just a defensive tool anymore, it's becoming an offensive weapon.
What's driving this urgency? China's tech giants like Alibaba and ByteDance are training their newest AI models in Southeast Asian data centers specifically to bypass US sanctions on Nvidia chips. Meanwhile, roughly seventy percent of all AI-related patents now originate from China, according to Stanford's 2025 AI Index Report. The US is down to fourteen percent. China added four hundred twenty-nine gigawatts of power capacity in 2024 while America managed just fifty-one. The numbers don't lie.
The FBI knows what's happening. Their cyber experts are investigating multiple sophisticated Chinese campaigns aimed at US government and corporate secrets simultaneously. Supply chain vulnerabilities are exploding too. A major financial services vendor called SitusAMC got hit in November, and hackers stole sensitive banking data including accounting records and customer information.
Look, the reality is clear. The average cost of a data breach in the US hit ten point two million dollars this year, the highest anywhere in the world. We're in a digital arms race where both sides are moving at internet speed, and China's moving faster than we thought possible.
Thanks for tuning in. Make sure you subscribe for more on what's happening in the tech battleground. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
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This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Look, it's late November 2025 and the cyber world is absolutely on fire. I'm Ting, and I've been tracking China's tech offensive for years, but what we're seeing right now is different. This isn't just espionage anymore, it's industrial-scale digital warfare.
Let me hit you with what just went down. Mandiant, the Google-owned cybersecurity firm, just dropped a bombshell about Chinese state-backed hackers infiltrating US software developers and law firms. We're talking about a sophisticated campaign designed to grab intelligence that helps Beijing in its trade war with Washington. These aren't your average script kiddies either. Some of these hackers have been lurking undetected in corporate networks for over a year, quietly stealing trade secrets and proprietary code. Charles Carmakal, Mandiant's chief technology officer, told everyone they believe many organizations are actively compromised and don't even know it yet. This is comparable to Russia's SolarWinds hack back in 2020, except it's happening right now.
But here's where it gets really interesting. Anthropic just revealed that a Chinese state-sponsored group used Claude, their AI chatbot, to automate portions of a massive cyber-espionage campaign hitting around thirty organizations globally. We're talking financial firms, government agencies, tech companies, all getting targeted. The attackers essentially tricked the AI into doing small coding and analysis tasks that, when combined, enabled breaches with minimal human involvement. The House Homeland Security Committee has demanded CEO Dario Amodei testify on December 17th about this. It's a watershed moment because it shows AI isn't just a defensive tool anymore, it's becoming an offensive weapon.
What's driving this urgency? China's tech giants like Alibaba and ByteDance are training their newest AI models in Southeast Asian data centers specifically to bypass US sanctions on Nvidia chips. Meanwhile, roughly seventy percent of all AI-related patents now originate from China, according to Stanford's 2025 AI Index Report. The US is down to fourteen percent. China added four hundred twenty-nine gigawatts of power capacity in 2024 while America managed just fifty-one. The numbers don't lie.
The FBI knows what's happening. Their cyber experts are investigating multiple sophisticated Chinese campaigns aimed at US government and corporate secrets simultaneously. Supply chain vulnerabilities are exploding too. A major financial services vendor called SitusAMC got hit in November, and hackers stole sensitive banking data including accounting records and customer information.
Look, the reality is clear. The average cost of a data breach in the US hit ten point two million dollars this year, the highest anywhere in the world. We're in a digital arms race where both sides are moving at internet speed, and China's moving faster than we thought possible.
Thanks for tuning in. Make sure you subscribe for more on what's happening in the tech battleground. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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By Inception Point AiThis is your Silicon Siege: China's Tech Offensive podcast.
Look, it's late November 2025 and the cyber world is absolutely on fire. I'm Ting, and I've been tracking China's tech offensive for years, but what we're seeing right now is different. This isn't just espionage anymore, it's industrial-scale digital warfare.
Let me hit you with what just went down. Mandiant, the Google-owned cybersecurity firm, just dropped a bombshell about Chinese state-backed hackers infiltrating US software developers and law firms. We're talking about a sophisticated campaign designed to grab intelligence that helps Beijing in its trade war with Washington. These aren't your average script kiddies either. Some of these hackers have been lurking undetected in corporate networks for over a year, quietly stealing trade secrets and proprietary code. Charles Carmakal, Mandiant's chief technology officer, told everyone they believe many organizations are actively compromised and don't even know it yet. This is comparable to Russia's SolarWinds hack back in 2020, except it's happening right now.
But here's where it gets really interesting. Anthropic just revealed that a Chinese state-sponsored group used Claude, their AI chatbot, to automate portions of a massive cyber-espionage campaign hitting around thirty organizations globally. We're talking financial firms, government agencies, tech companies, all getting targeted. The attackers essentially tricked the AI into doing small coding and analysis tasks that, when combined, enabled breaches with minimal human involvement. The House Homeland Security Committee has demanded CEO Dario Amodei testify on December 17th about this. It's a watershed moment because it shows AI isn't just a defensive tool anymore, it's becoming an offensive weapon.
What's driving this urgency? China's tech giants like Alibaba and ByteDance are training their newest AI models in Southeast Asian data centers specifically to bypass US sanctions on Nvidia chips. Meanwhile, roughly seventy percent of all AI-related patents now originate from China, according to Stanford's 2025 AI Index Report. The US is down to fourteen percent. China added four hundred twenty-nine gigawatts of power capacity in 2024 while America managed just fifty-one. The numbers don't lie.
The FBI knows what's happening. Their cyber experts are investigating multiple sophisticated Chinese campaigns aimed at US government and corporate secrets simultaneously. Supply chain vulnerabilities are exploding too. A major financial services vendor called SitusAMC got hit in November, and hackers stole sensitive banking data including accounting records and customer information.
Look, the reality is clear. The average cost of a data breach in the US hit ten point two million dollars this year, the highest anywhere in the world. We're in a digital arms race where both sides are moving at internet speed, and China's moving faster than we thought possible.
Thanks for tuning in. Make sure you subscribe for more on what's happening in the tech battleground. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Look, it's late November 2025 and the cyber world is absolutely on fire. I'm Ting, and I've been tracking China's tech offensive for years, but what we're seeing right now is different. This isn't just espionage anymore, it's industrial-scale digital warfare.
Let me hit you with what just went down. Mandiant, the Google-owned cybersecurity firm, just dropped a bombshell about Chinese state-backed hackers infiltrating US software developers and law firms. We're talking about a sophisticated campaign designed to grab intelligence that helps Beijing in its trade war with Washington. These aren't your average script kiddies either. Some of these hackers have been lurking undetected in corporate networks for over a year, quietly stealing trade secrets and proprietary code. Charles Carmakal, Mandiant's chief technology officer, told everyone they believe many organizations are actively compromised and don't even know it yet. This is comparable to Russia's SolarWinds hack back in 2020, except it's happening right now.
But here's where it gets really interesting. Anthropic just revealed that a Chinese state-sponsored group used Claude, their AI chatbot, to automate portions of a massive cyber-espionage campaign hitting around thirty organizations globally. We're talking financial firms, government agencies, tech companies, all getting targeted. The attackers essentially tricked the AI into doing small coding and analysis tasks that, when combined, enabled breaches with minimal human involvement. The House Homeland Security Committee has demanded CEO Dario Amodei testify on December 17th about this. It's a watershed moment because it shows AI isn't just a defensive tool anymore, it's becoming an offensive weapon.
What's driving this urgency? China's tech giants like Alibaba and ByteDance are training their newest AI models in Southeast Asian data centers specifically to bypass US sanctions on Nvidia chips. Meanwhile, roughly seventy percent of all AI-related patents now originate from China, according to Stanford's 2025 AI Index Report. The US is down to fourteen percent. China added four hundred twenty-nine gigawatts of power capacity in 2024 while America managed just fifty-one. The numbers don't lie.
The FBI knows what's happening. Their cyber experts are investigating multiple sophisticated Chinese campaigns aimed at US government and corporate secrets simultaneously. Supply chain vulnerabilities are exploding too. A major financial services vendor called SitusAMC got hit in November, and hackers stole sensitive banking data including accounting records and customer information.
Look, the reality is clear. The average cost of a data breach in the US hit ten point two million dollars this year, the highest anywhere in the world. We're in a digital arms race where both sides are moving at internet speed, and China's moving faster than we thought possible.
Thanks for tuning in. Make sure you subscribe for more on what's happening in the tech battleground. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI