Listeners ting here with your hypercharged Beijing bites. Buckle up, because US China tech tensions have just gone quantum. In the past two weeks. Cyber warriors and policymakers on both sides have gone from code read to code What the heck just happened? Let's sip through the news. Last week, every major cyber agency from the US to Australia put out a panicked advisory about Chinese state sponsored hackers names
like salt Typhoon pop up. These aren't pokemon. These are threat actors burrowing their way across American telecoms, government, even utilities. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency called out campaigns targeting over two hundred organizations and warned that these apt actors are executing a slow burn. How the actor's budget from typelins costs a single size post price to support
them the impact. Last year, seventy three percent of US critical infrastructure organizations reported successful intrusions with breach costs averaging five dollars and fifty six cents, and those numbers are still climbing. Water treatment plants, police systems, university servers. Nothing is sacred. This is espionage. Tailor made for twenty twenty
five folks. Fresh off the policy assembly line, the Biden administration revoked validated end User ve EU status for tech giants Sansun and s k Heinex, making Korean chip operations in China look shakier than a new Linux dro on
launch day. The revocation could hasten a split in the global semiconductor chain that neither Soul nor Beijing wants to see, and China not content to play Defense, is closing out its fourteenth five year plan with a wild West flourish expect to spike in AI powered fishing, zero day expoints and stealth campaigns into Q four. If you work in State IT anywhere in the US, now's the time to audit your network twice and panic later. Meanwhile, European agencies
sound claxons about data transfers to China controlled territories. Czech intelligence publicly named and shamed Chinese group APT three one for attacks on their Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the National Cyber and Information Security Agency warns that the very devices wiring up European critical sectors think smart meters, EV's cloud servers could be quietly phone home tools for Beijing.
Turning to high drama in hardware. A lavish Beijing military parade yesterday was like China flexing its digital and kinetic muscles for the world to see. With President Shijin Ping declaring China will not be bullied and that it is rejuvenating the nation, the message is not just for the
domestic crowd, but straight at Washington's strategic planners. Former China correspondence remind us that the real signal is Beijing's intent push the world towards a tech order less centered on the US more integrated with well Beijing on the industry front. Despite Ali Baba's rally wowing markets, global analysts like Investment Week point out that China remains a distant second to
the US in AI and especially semiconductor prowess. The US holds the upper hand in critical chip manufacturing capabilities and the weaponization of chip supply chains. Sanctions restrictions, the works remains the favorite tool on both sides. Strategically, it's clear both countries are preparing the ground for a drawn out tech cold war. Experts forecast more targeted restrictions, more state aligned cyber intramusions, and if geopolitical tensions spike over Taiwan
or the South China Sea. Expect hackers to play kingmakers, not mere thieves. That's your whirlwind, bite sized scoop. Thank you for tuning in to BEIJINGES. Make sure to subscribe for more sharp, witty updates. This has been a quiet please production. For more check out Quiet please dot a I