{
  "id": 2214227,
  "title": "China’s ‘SilkParasite’ espionage operation targeting Central Asia with AI-assisted malware",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/chinas-silkparasite-espionage-operation-targeting-central-asia-with",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-20T19:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Record",
    "slug": "the-record",
    "url": "https://therecord.media/china-cyber-espionage-central-asia"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Suspected military-grade hackers based in China used artificial intelligence to develop malware in a campaign to penetrate Central Asian governments.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "arXiv cs.AI",
        "title": "Interpretable AI predicts a 2026 summer dry anomaly in central China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/interpretable-ai-predicts-a-2026-summer-dry-anomaly-in-central-china",
        "published": "2026-08-19T17:43:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}