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Wirescreen analysis of 3,800 Chinese military procurement records finds 500+ instances since 2019 where the PLA sought Nvidia chips, including the A100 and A800

Chinese military procurement documents show the PLA's efforts to use AI to assist in drone piloting, cyberattacks, decision-making, and disinformation campaigns

The PLA's Tech Strategy Is Working  —  At China's Victory Day parade in September 2025, it was not the marching troops …

How the Chinese hacking community Honkers, consisting of patriotic self-taught tech enthusiasts, became an integral part of China's cyberespionage apparatus

A new report traces the history of the early wave of Chinese hackers who became the backbone of the state's espionage apparatus. Bluesky: @patrickhowelloneill.com . Mastodon: @kimzetter@infosec.exchan...

Elliptic: an exploit of NFT gaming platform PlayDapp let hackers mint 1.8B PLA tokens, “worth” ~$290M; before the hack, only 577M PLA tokens were in circulation

- Crypto gaming and NFT platform PlayDapp was exploited on Feb. 9 and again on Feb. 12.

US officials: China is ramping up its ability to disrupt key US infrastructure; 2023 victims include a Hawaii water utility, a West Coast port, and a pipeline

A utility in Hawaii, a West Coast port and a pipeline are among the victims in the past year, officials say X: @matt_schrader_ , @ericgeller , @nakashimae , @rc_greenway , and @nakashimae X: Matt Schr...