Nvidia CEO reportedly targeted by Chinese spy
Jensen Huang reported to have had close relationship with tech company executive suspected of passing intel to China
TL;DR
- US intelligence agencies suspect Chinese spy Alice Huang targeted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
- Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed, was previously suspected of smuggling Nvidia chips to China.
- Officials determined Alice Huang was a Chinese intelligence asset passing commercial information to Beijing.
- Jensen Huang's close relationship with Alice Huang, developed during surveillance, has alarmed White House officials.
- Nvidia stated that interactions with Alice Huang were ordinary business dealings with a customer, providing no sensitive information.