You have your own conclusions on the level of threats from foreign governments, and then your government’s conclusions on the level of threats from them, you, and the people with whom you interact.According to reports, the FBI is secretly warning Silicon Valley companiesTheir Chinese and Russian workers may be forced (or simply paid) to monitor them.
But the risks facing technology companies are real. The FBI says employees are persuaded by foreign dictators, or, more commonly, they are forced to steal information or hand over login credentials.A situation [FBI special agent Nick] In Shen Jin’s work, Chinese government agents threatened that if an employee’s mother did not steal proprietary information from a large hardware/software company, he would refuse to conduct dialysis in China.
“This is a daily activity,” Shen Jin told the Protocol in an interview. “This is a large-scale basic activity. It is one of the pillars of many authoritarian countries and their governments.”
For the past few years, San Francisco-based Shenjin has been quietly briefing foreign participants about venture capital firms, startups, academics, and technology industry groups that may be of interest to foreign participants.
