'Honey trap': Nvidia spy scandal puts Korea on alert
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with a Chinese woman accused of spying for Beijing has emerged as a significant national security concern for the United States. According to U.S. intelligence officials, Alice Huang, who worked as a business executive at Singapore-based data center firm Megaspeed in 2023, allegedly collected intelligence and passed it on to China. The scandal erupted amid an…
A scandal surrounding Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has raised concerns about national security in the United States. According to intelligence officials, Huang's affair with a Chinese woman, Alice Huang, has allegedly led her to spy for Beijing. Alice Huang, who worked at Megaspeed in 2023, is said to have collected intelligence and passed it on to China.
The incident has come to light amid a fierce global competition between the U.S. and China for dominance in artificial intelligence (AI). The case has sent a warning to South Korea, with retired intelligence official Yoo Seong-ok stating that the country is equally susceptible to espionage operations by foreign agencies aiming to steal crucial technologies.
"Chinese [or] North Korean spies — or both — could have used, or may still be using, a similar honey trap to the one allegedly used against Nvidia CEO Huang to gather confidential information and pass it on to the adversary," warned Yoo Seong-ok.
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