The allegations were outlined in an article posted on the Ministry of National Security’s WeChat public account, which stated that “geographical, meteorological, biological and other sensitive data from China’s important nature reserves poses a risk to national security.” and pose a danger,” he said, referring to two theft cases. .
In the first case, an anonymous national professor announced that he had “illegally collected” data from unspecified national wetland reserves and forest areas.
The ministry announced that the professor confessed to collecting and stealing data “under the cover of academic cooperation.”
The ministry said the academic had been punished, but did not say what kind of penalty was imposed.
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China executes scientist suspected of spying in 2016, among 10 ‘shocking’ incidents revealed in documentary
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In another case, a “foreign university”, with the support of a foreign NGO, collaborated with the scientific management department of a national nature reserve in southwestern China.
The foreigners “instructed and coerced” local officials to “illegally steal various types of sensitive data from nature reserves” through various enticements, including sexual acts, the newspaper said.
The ministry said the NGO had a “complex background” and had helped “the theft of core sensitive data” from “certain Western countries” under the cover of cooperating with the project.
This data was obtained through “the installation of weather stations, infrared camera equipment, GPS mapping, and the theft of sensitive computer data.”
These actions “caused significant damage to our ecological security,” it said.
The article also warned of the risk of environmental data being leaked from Chinese companies and government agencies, saying that some information management systems have backdoors and that “foreign adversaries could be targeted to steal our nation’s sensitive and sensitive data.” “There is,” he said.
The ministry called on the public to be wary of environmental espionage and report possible cases to authorities.
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The department’s public warning is the last in a series of posts the department has made over the past year.
The department also covers a broader range of threats.
