China used fake LinkedIn profiles in an attempt to harvest sensitive data from NATO and European Union institutions by soliciting information from staff, a European security source said Friday. The operation, allegedly orchestrated by Beijing’s state security ministry, targeted dozens of employees at the military alliance or EU organisations through fictitious accounts, the source said, confirming reports in French and…

The United Nations, the institution the world built after two catastrophic wars to keep the peace, has become a contested battleground — and according to a sweeping congressional investigation, Beijing is winning it, through extreme tactics that have included embedding clandestine entities tied to espionage and criminality into key positions across the organization. A report released by the House Select…

China’s civil-military fusion strategy allows such data to support defence planning. As one expert told Reuters, the effort reflects China’s expanding “far-seas reach” and a clearer operational picture of contested maritime regions. A silent contest beneath the surface China is conducting an extensive effort to map the ocean floor across the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, gathering data that experts…