In 2022, the Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) thwarted several attempts by China to obtain Dutch (military) technology. According to the MIVD, China is ‘hunting’ through espionage and covering up the companies for ‘knowledge and goods from the Dutch space sector’.
This is stated in the MIVD annual report. According to the MIVD, China wants to lead the way in developing harder-to-intercept quantum communications networks, operating from space. For this, China needs knowledge and technology, which it wants to acquire through espionage and circumventing export restrictions, among other things.
Possible targets of China, such as knowledge institutions and defense companies, are alerted by the MIVD of the risks and to improve their security. According to the MIVD, ‘universities and scientists are targets of large-scale Chinese espionage’.
The AIVD also delivered
Earlier this week, its fellow intelligence service, the AIVD, already warned of the risks to China’s global ambitions. According to director general Erik Akerboom, China wants to steal high technology, universities from big companies. “With the goal of becoming the most powerful country in the world and sometimes even taking sides against the West.”
Source: BNR
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