{
  "id": 19742890,
  "title": "US tracks China chip trail to alleged spy Alice Huang",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/us-tracks-china-chip-trail-to-alleged-spy-alice-huang",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-13T01:00:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/us-probes-alleged-spy-alice-huang-over-suspected-super-micro-chip-smuggling-to-china-report/articleshow/135785717.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The US Justice Department is investigating Alice Huang, a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy targeting former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, to determine if entities linked to her were involved in smuggling Super Micro Computer products to China, according to a source familiar with the matter. The probe, led by the US attorney's office in Manhattan, is currently ongoing and it remains unclear if it is connected to any existing chip smuggling cases. Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, was previously associated with Megaspeed International, which is already under investigation by the DOJ for suspected semiconductor smuggling. The DOJ has not yet concluded whether Huang acted as a spy, and neither has the company she is alleged to have worked with, Super Micro.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Before Megaspeed, there was Supermicro: The other Nvidia partner tied to China chip smuggling—and to Jensen Huang",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/before-megaspeed-there-was-supermicro-the-other-nvidia-partner-tied",
        "published": "2026-11-12T20:01:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MIT Technology Review",
        "title": "Nvidia privately confirmed it could track chips to fight smuggling, even as industry publicly questioned feasibility",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/nvidia-privately-confirmed-it-could-track-chips-to-fight-smuggling",
        "published": "2026-11-12T20:16:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Critics say Lutnick failed to cut off diversion of Nvidia chips to China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/critics-say-lutnick-failed-to-cut-off-diversion-of-nvidia-chips-to",
        "published": "2026-11-12T23:33:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Nvidia scandal: White House weighs 'ouster' of top Trump aide over China chip exports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/nvidia-scandal-white-house-weighs-ouster-of-top-trump-aide-over-china",
        "published": "2026-11-13T02:11:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}