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HuWang—“Protect the Network”: Inside China’s Largest Nationwide Live-Fire Cyber Exercise
As HuWang marks its 10th anniversary, China’s annual MPS-led cyber exercise has become a driver of talent and industry development, as well as a striking counterpart to the U.S. Cyber Storm exercise
Every year, tens of thousands of Chinese...
Widening the Circle of Chinese Hacker Group QTFY: ELEX's Intelligence Client List and Lexbell's PLA Contracts
A new US advisory ties the group to companies including ELEX, which openly listed state and public security clients for years, and Lexbell, whose leadership and contract wins reveal deep PLA ties
On August 26, 2026, the FBI, NSA, and U.S....
From the Frontier AI Arms Race to AI-enabled Defense-in-Depth: Qi An Xin Chief Outlines His Vision
Don't try to outrun Anthropic; build on China's strengths with an AI-enabled public-private operational cyberdefense ecosystem, says industry titan
In the U.S.–China cyberspace rivalry, competition over AI’s ability to discover and exploit...
Whack-a-Mole: How China's War on Cybercrime Pushed Fraud Offshore – and Ignited a U.S. Crackdown
As China cracked down on domestic online fraud, scam compounds in Southeast Asia grew larger and more prominent, targeting victims worldwide
On October 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed an indictment against Chen Zhi...
UKCT Report: "One Network, Two Systems: The Research Security Risks of UK/China University Cyber Partnerships"
A comprehensive analysis of UK–China university cyber collaborations, highlighting institutional links to China's military and security ecosystem.
On July 1, Natto Thoughts published “The UK’s ‘Special Relationship’ with China’s Defense-Li...
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Eugenio Benincasa is a Senior Cybersecurity Researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich.
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