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Nvidia CEO targeted by Chinese spy
US intelligence says Jensen Huang had close ties to a Singapore executive suspected of passing commercial secrets to Beijing.
In brief
US intelligence says Jensen Huang had close ties to a Singapore executive suspected of passing commercial secrets to Beijing. US intelligence agencies believe Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a Chinese spy with whom he had business dealings, raising national security concerns. Originally reported by the…
Nvidia CEO targeted by Chinese spy
US intelligence agencies believe Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang was targeted by a Chinese spy who had done business with him, according to the New York Times.
The suspect and her company
Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore-based datacenter company Megaspeed, was suspected of smuggling Nvidia chips to China. US officials determined she was acting as a Chinese intelligence asset passing commercial information to Beijing.
Why the White House is alarmed
White House officials are reportedly alarmed by Alice Huang's access to Jensen Huang because of his close relationship with Donald Trump as the US government defends its position as a leader in AI development.
Nvidia denies wrongdoing
Nvidia said there was nothing out of the ordinary about the CEO's interactions with Alice Huang.
“Meetings with customers are part of a CEO's job; Jensen talks with thousands of customer executives every year.”
At a glance
US intelligence agencies believe Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a Chinese spy with whom he had business dealings, raising national security concerns.
