China-linked actors target more than technology as AI competition with U.S. intensifies
Cyberattacks aimed at stealing American artificial intelligence technology are increasingly expanding from tech-based attacks to the exploitation of human-level vulnerabilities, with China-based actors playing a growing role. "As the AI race has heated up, the [People's Republic of China] has targeted the tech sector increasingly," said Matt Pearl, director of the strategic technologies program at the U.S.-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies. Rather than focusing on a specific trade secret, such as hardware designs, the hackers have broadened their interest to anything that could narrow the three- to four-month AI gap with the U.S., Pearl said. That, he said, ranges from understanding a company's product roadmap, particularly in highly competitive sectors, to identifying weaknesses in supply chains. The alleged cases are already piling up. In June, U.S.-based cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike said Chinese entities accounted for more than hal...
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