{
  "id": 19429216,
  "title": "Former CIA officer says US companies are underestimating China intelligence risks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/former-cia-officer-says-us-companies-are-underestimating-china",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-11T01:20:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/former-cia-officer-says-what-nvidia-case-can-teach-companies-2026-11"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former CIA officer Michele Rigby Assad warns of significant intelligence risks posed to US companies by Chinese espionage efforts. Rigby Assad, who worked undercover in the Middle East for a decade, urges companies with valuable technology to prioritize counterintelligence training to recognize and mitigate foreign intelligence threats. She highlights that American companies, especially those with cutting-edge technology, are prime targets for Chinese intelligence services, who exploit seemingly innocuous relationships or paid work to gain access to sensitive information. The FBI has reported opening a China-related counterintelligence case approximately every 10 hours, with nearly half of its 5,000 active cases being China-related. Notably, Nvidia, a key player in the US-China competition over AI, is under scrutiny, with its CEO, Jensen Huang, potentially being targeted by foreign intelligence services. Rigby Assad emphasizes that businesses often underestimate the risks associated with personal relationships and financial incentives used by Chinese operatives to extract valuable information. She stresses that companies must take counterintelligence risks more seriously, particularly those with valuable technology or data, and invest in comprehensive counterintelligence training to enhance their ability to recognize and counter foreign intelligence threats.",
  "summary": "Former CIA officer Michele Rigby Assad says Nvidia's case shows why tech companies must train workers to spot foreign intelligence risks.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}