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SentinelLabs recently posted a very interesting report on leaked information about a Chinese company, I-Soon.

Executive Summary / I-Soon (上海安洵), a company that contracts for many PRC agencies–including the Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of State Security, and People’s Liberation Army, was subject to a data leak over the weekend of 16 February.  It is not known who pilfered the information nor their motives, but this leak provides a first-of-its-kind look at the internal operations of a st

A bipartisan congressional investigation has found that US venture capital firms invested billions in Chinese technology companies in semiconductor, AI, and cybersecurity, sectors that threaten US national security.  According to a report released on 08 February 2024 by the House Select Committee on China, five prominent venture firms, GGV Capital, GSR Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Walden International, invested in hundreds of Chinese companies that directly or indirectly sup

There is a vigorous debate among geopolitical and military scholars if, and when China will invade Taiwan.  At the beginning of the Corona Virus pandemic, many believed that the timing could be ripe for China to militarily invade the island nation of Taiwan.  This a long sought-after prize to “reunite China.”

Link to full Report: TR-20-134-001_China Taiwan hotwarFINAL.pdf

A reexamination of the academic work published by the Nanjing Military Region First Technical Reconnaissance Bureau showed its primary focus was on network security and computer operations issues.  This suggests that, like some other Tech Recon Bureaus (TRB’s) in the Chinese military, this unit has likely developed a cyber operations mission.

Details about this unit were revealed by searches for its cover designator, the “73610 Unit.”  This element is located in central Nanjing in a large admini

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Recent Western analysis has identified a new series of military unit cover designators for the new Chinese military entity called the Strategic Support Force (SSF).  Elements of the SSF have reportedly been assigned cover designators in the series 32001-32099 Unit.  Because the SSF is the parent organization for China’s new cyber force, the Network Systems Department, Wapack Labs has conducted open-source searches for these designators to better define the units’ existence, missions, and

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The recent leakage of millions of resumes from Chinese job sites has provided the opportunity to research, among other things, the work histories and expertise of thousands of Huawei Technologies employees.  Christopher Balding of Fulbright University Vietnam has conducted such a search to determine if Huawei has links to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) or the Ministry of State Security (MSS).  He recently published his conclusion that, “there is an undeniable relationship between Hua