Anthropic · DeepSeek · OpenAI · China · U.S. · Alibaba · CNBC Technology
China-linked actors target more than technology as AI competition with U.S. intensifies
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Cyberattacks aimed at stealing American artificial intelligence technology are increasingly expanding from tech-based attacks to the exploitation of human-level vulnerabilities, with China-based actors playing a growing role.
Key facts
- And Beijing's attempt[s] have certainly increased over the last 18 months, since the release of DeepSeek kicked off the US-China AI race," Stone Fish said
- In June, U.S.-based cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike said Chinese entities accounted for more than half of state-sponsored intrusions targeting technology companies, especially their AI assets
- Graham Webster, editor-in-chief of Stanford University's DigiChina Project, said distinguishing state-sponsored espionage from individual or corporate-level efforts can be difficult
- As the AI race has heated up, the [People's Republic of China] has targeted the tech sector increasingly," said Matt Pearl, director of the strategic technologies program at the U.S.-based think
Summary
"As the AI race has heated up, the has targeted the tech sector increasingly," said Matt Pearl, director of the strategic technologies program at the U.S.-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies. Rather than focusing on a specific trade secret, such as hardware designs, the hackers have broadened their interest to anything that could narrow the three- to four-month AI gap with the U.S., Pearl said. In June, U.S.-based cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike said Chinese entities accounted for more than half of state-sponsored intrusions targeting technology companies, especially their AI assets, in the 12 months through March 31. American tech start-up Anthropic has also accused Chinese companies, including Alibaba, of illicit attempts to steal its AI capabilities.