China’s state media outlets are reporting that national security agencies have busted a foreign spy ring operating through Chinese social media. The original Chinese-language report appeared in China News before being picked up by People’s Daily and the English-language publication China Daily. According to the reports, a foreign intelligence agent using the alias “Feige” (“Flying Brother” in Chinese) recruited 40 people from 20 different provinces to gather information on China’s military development. None of the reports hinted at Feige’s nationality, or which country was behind the espionage.
The reports said that one suspect, identified only by his surname, Li, has already been sentenced to 10 years in prison for providing Feige with highly classified and classified documents. Li was accused of passing along information from China’s internal military publications, as well as carrying out in-person surveillance of military bases in Guangdong province. He transferred pictures of the military bases, including of military equipment installations to Feige.
Feige apparently first contacted Li in 2011 by posing as a woman and chatting with Li about his personal life. After a month of befriending Li, Feige then revealed that he was a man, and offered Li 3,000 RMB ($480) a month to provide information on China’s military. Under Feige’s guidance, Li subscribed to military publications intended only for Chinese audiences. He would then pass information from these publications on to Feige.
Often, news about China’s latest military technology is first available on online forums. Leaked photographs of new technologies are generally assumed to have the tacit approval of China’s military officials. As South China Morning Post notes, news about the first test flights of China’s J-20 fighter jet first appeared on online forums, as did images purporting to show a guided missile destroyer produced by the PLA Navy. The projects have not been officially discussed by China’s government or military. China’s navy has also not confirmed widespread reports in Chinese media that a second aircraft carrier is now under construction.
Now, it seems that at least one foreign government is taking advantage of China’s tendency to unofficially reveal military secrets online. According to the reports, Feige used these same forums to recruit spies. Some of the military enthusiasts who take pictures of new technology and post them online may also have been doubling as foreign agents.
Compared to worries about sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign, the spy ring reported by Chinese media seems positively quaint. Yet it’s no laughing matter; according to the state media reports, Li caused “severe danger to national military security.” As China undergoes a broader internet crackdown, the online spy ring may cause Beijing to rethink its attitude towards the online military forums.
The news of the online spy ring comes soon after China’s Central Military Commission urged more stringent security measures to protect military secrets. Chinese military personnel must “spare no effort to fight the battle of maintaining secrecy,” the report said.
i don't know what to bereive anymore !
MSM mission accomplished.
Going online cuz the on-the-ground spies are sick of the local toilets.
http://www.planbeconomics.com/2013/11/toilets-in-china.html
Flying Brother is chinese code name for Debt Brother.
DiPOOPlomat alert!!!!
Usually smells like hydrogen sulfide...
ori
I guess if they post "secret" pictures online and in the open, they might as well have a "secret" spy ring out in the open as well.
That has got to be the be one of the most fucking stupid conspiracies ever, conceived by retards. This could not have been "Plan A". Maybe in China it is. They did poison all those kids with melamine for something like $1, so the threshold is pretty low.
40 people from 20 provinces.
40, 20...
420...
4:20...
Yep, it was ochooma...
Oh oh! These real nations take spying seriously, and execute those they catch. Not like some Nations that just send you to club fed. Say, for some reason I'm wondering if Jon Pollard has been FINALLY released to the Israelis?
He's did his time, let her people go! MIRIGHT?
motive
there's some NYC shitters that could take those on without even blushing
Sorry to say this but if Georgy Boy Soros is paying these guys to infiltrate the PBOC they'd be better off taking the gold backed Yuan at half the USD at this point!
Mr. Kotter: Class, who do you think is behind the espionage?
Horseshack: Oooh, oooh, oooh! I have a guess!
Is it Belgium?
It's Epstein's mother. You can't trust them sneaky Puerto Rican Jews
Have they asked Obama, if he's involved? Obama wouldn't lie to the Chinese, would he?
Totally Russia....totally.
I bet to be an elite at this point one must have his own spy ring.
For a circus of lies to be successful it must have more rings than Saturn.
Sadly, I only have a mood ring. Current reading: bitterly aroused
"For a circus of lies to be successful it must have more rings than Saturn."
And it does.
"Shocking" MH370 cargo manifest appears on same day,
as the military-targeted spy ring.
Tit for tat...or ?
Russian...Australian...Malaysian...Vietnamese...Chinese...Private UK corp...any more (rings)?
Why is the biggest silent?
They have Zero clue who is responsible?
All we know is that they were not American or Israeli. Not possible, not possible.
Geithner was not there to debrief anyone either, nor to take back info on a micro thumb-drive.
Timmy was there last week (China)........and he wasnt there for a 'Rub n Tug'...........
Well, I remember that neo-con kid writes for the Diplomat also. So . . I look with skepticism at this article.
Will they say the Chinese are stepping up internet/social media spying, so in response the US must do the same ? They definitely are going after the free & open web.
Or have I grown too cynical & suspicious ?
I was thinking the same thing. They'll use this to sell us on the internet ID
Anything about human intelligence is a lie.
Toshiba.
Kawasaki
Statis love to fuck with your mind and bow to robots. When the envelope is pushed off table. They will go into hiding until we find there sorry ass on social media GPS options.
Mitsubishi
Saw some wicked software being launched Q4 of this year. This will enable us to round up the lying fucker's in DC. Horse wagons are circling, no government amminuity bill will dodge the hail fire of DHS hollow point bullets. More to come on building new infrastructure on bond restructuring.
Maybe this is an operation run by Flaming Dragon?
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Is this the "dragon" you're referring to?
you can rest assured that they will be milked for their information and then re-trained.
Business as usual in the intel community.
Other than the Chinese Army spying on the Navy spying on the Air Force spying on the internal security, and of course the Japonese, Taiwan and Koreans ( North and South), two Philippineos, the Aussie s, Indians, Pakistanis, Us, the Russians, Israel, Tibetans.....
Who could it be?
They didn't have these issues whe Mao was alive. The security of the state must occasionally be watered by cultural revolution.
Spring Forward Red Dawn!
( Or move to L.A. )
Here ya go!
Speak Chinese? Israel’s Spy Agency is Looking for You!http://jsmstateofmind.com/2013/12/27/speak-chinese-israels-spy-agency-is...
Israel’s General Security Agency (Shabak) recently posted a new position on its website, Israeli daily Walla reported on Thursday. The top secret intelligence service is on the look out for a “field coordinator” who is also a “native Chinese speaker.” Among the job requirements are great interpersonal skills, advanced analytical abilities that include image analysis, and a willingness to work unconventional hours.
The location of this position is listed rather vaguely as being in the “center” of the country. The Shabak website goes on to notify any and all prospective applicants that orientation is scheduled to kick off in February 2014. Until then, a rigorous screening procedure will be applied in order to find the perfect man or woman for this newly available post, Walla relays.
When Israeli Daily Ma’ariv sought a quote from the Shabak regarding its new avenue of employment, the super secret agency declined to open up with a comment. However, Israeli security experts theorize that the goal behind this admittedly peripheral posting is nothing less than counter-espionage. The rise of the People’s Republic of China into a political and military superpower has created a need to track and trace any infiltration of Chinese spies into Israel who could conceivably gain access to sensitive information, Ma’ariv said.
In recent years, the growing amount of Chinese laborers working in Israel lends credence to the need for an intelligence gathering mechanism.
Fortunately for the Shabak, the explosive growth of Chinese-language studies in Israel all but ensures that the the Agency’s HR Director’s inbox will be flooded with CVs.
or they could just look at the schematics provided to the chinese by the usa mic. duh.
Better dead than red.
feige = chinese govt
"No pics, so it didn't happen."