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AI and semiconductor companies are accelerating the recruitment of counterintelligence experts to prevent penetration. The suspicion of espionage caused by the Huang Renxun scandal has become a new focus of the United States’ chip control and policy conflict with China.
AI and technology companies are increasing their efforts to recruit counter-intelligence talents to prevent secret theft and high-level infiltration.Jen-Hsun Huang Leave Huida (NVIDIA ) brings this need into greater focus.
However, the US Justice Department has not yet determined whether Huang Le is Chinese or not.detective In drawing conclusions, intelligence officials also differed on the evidence. In addition to corporate security issues, the turmoil also involves political conflict, including Washington’s dispute over the route to export chips to China.
Reuters reported that as AI and chip technology become the focus of competition between countries, the demand for counter-intelligence talents is increasing.
Christopher Falkenberg, a former US Secret Service agent and now president of Insight Risk Management, said that AI companies are attracting a large number of security talents, and the supply of personnel with relevant experience exceeds demand.
According to Revelio Labs, which tracks recruiting trends, technology giants have apparently begun to open counterintelligence positions in recent years, with most having annual salaries ranging from US$200,000 to US$500,000, or about NT$6.6 million to NT$16.4 million.
Kathy Lavinder, founder of recruiting agency SI Placement, said annual salaries for security personnel at top companies can reach US$1 million to US$4 million, including stock bonuses.
OpenAI recruited former US National Security Agency (NSA) director Paul Nakasone to its board of directors in early 2024; Anthropic also invited former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) David Cohen and others to serve as national security advisers.
ASML, a major Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer, is recruiting Taiwan-based counterintelligence officers, requiring at least 10 years of experience. Their work includes protecting against espionage, sabotage, and other internal threats.
The task of these specialists is not only to prevent employees from stealing trade secrets, but also to assist superiors in identifying potential blackmail, coercion or recruitment risks.
Former CIA agent Katherine Marinis-Jacobs, who now works at the risk consulting firm Control Risks, said that even a chance encounter at a gym or coffee shop could be a deliberate arrangement by a spy who first wants to establish rapport and then take advantage of the other person’s weakness.
However, major issues still remain to be clarified regarding the espionage allegations in the Huang Zhen-hsun incident. US Attorney General Todd Blanch said on the 12th that the Justice Department has not yet reached a conclusion on whether Huang Le is a Chinese spy and the FBI is still investigating. Singapore’s Home Ministry said the local investigation into Huang did not involve espionage.
Citing multiple sources, CNN reported that US officials are divided over whether Huang Le was recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security and how strong the relevant evidence is. Some officials in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence believe that his description as a Chinese spy has been exaggerated; CIA officials are not yet convinced that the available intelligence is sufficient to prove that he knowingly passed information to Beijing.
Jim Himes, the top Democratic member of the House Intelligence Committee, said after receiving a confidential briefing that it was still unclear about Huang Le’s ties to the Chinese government and what information or influence was exchanged.
CNN quoted a former Commerce Department official as saying that Huang had openly advocated selling more chips to China and that there was no need for an intelligence operation to “provoke” him.
