Speaker 1: Ting here reporting live from the heart of techno turbulence.
Speaker 1: Beijing bites US China tech war updates. Strap in listeners
Speaker 1: because these past two weeks have fired off everything from
Speaker 1: midnight cyber breaches to policy curveballs. Think of it as
Speaker 1: Silicon Valley meets Jason Bourne, but throw in a dash
Speaker 1: of Baidu under wall of tariffs for flavor. First to
Speaker 1: the cyberfront Salt Typhoon. If you haven't heard that code name,
Speaker 1: you might want to check your phone bill. FBI cyberchief
Speaker 1: Cynthia Kasa revealed Salt Typhoon, a hacking group linked to
Speaker 1: China's Ministry of State Security infiltrated US telecom networks, vacuuming
Speaker 1: up millions of call records across eighty countries. Imagine your
Speaker 1: personal texts being archived in an East Beijing bunker. Chilling right.
Speaker 1: The breach hit not just telecom giants like Verizon and
Speaker 1: T Mobile, but also US military networks, with Homeland Security
Speaker 1: reporting covert access for nearly a year. The IMPACT's so
Speaker 1: wide you'd need an Excel spreadsheet with extra columns just
Speaker 1: to list the compromised sectors telecom, finance, energy, even US
Speaker 1: National Guard data the FBI is offering a ten million
Speaker 1: dollar bounty, so listeners, if you know any Salt Typhoon agents,
Speaker 1: now's the time to cash in. Just when defenders thought
Speaker 1: they could catch their breath, cyber chaos goes global. Last week,
Speaker 1: the cybersecurity community flagged to supply chain attack in Taiwan
Speaker 1: using hijacked sogujuyan I e M servers delivering espionage malware
Speaker 1: write into government laptops. Even more sci fi AI powered
Speaker 1: ransomware prompt Lock, debuted in late August, unleashing attacks built
Speaker 1: with large language models. If you're running critical infrastructure, now's
Speaker 1: a good time to panic. Poll. Of course, over to policy,
Speaker 1: the Biden White House acts chip export waivers for Samsun
Speaker 1: and s k Heinix, the last pipeline for U S
Speaker 1: Tech into Chinese fabs that means third of global memory
Speaker 1: chip production in China is now at risk of stalled upgrades.
Speaker 1: Both Samsung and s k Heinex shares noseedived. American officials
Speaker 1: call it plugging a strategic loophole. Korean execs call it
Speaker 1: an existential migraine. The move is aimed squarely at slowing
Speaker 1: China's push for AI supremacy and advanced semiconductors, and it worked.
Speaker 1: In Nvidia's China sales of H two chips evaporated to
Speaker 1: zero dollars this quarter versus five dollars point five b last.
Speaker 1: These export herbs are pushing Beijing into DIY mode. Witness
Speaker 1: Ali Barber launching its own AI chip and clocking a
Speaker 1: twenty six percent surge in cloud revenue. Local rivals like
Speaker 1: Cambra Kahn went from side gig to full hustle, reporting
Speaker 1: a four thousand, three hundred percent revenue spike. Wall Street
Speaker 1: is watching the d couple with popcorn in one hand
Speaker 1: and spreadsheets in the other. Tariffs You bet Trump's team
Speaker 1: extended the Section three hundred and one exclusions for Chinese imports,
Speaker 1: but the clock's ticking. Meanwhile, Chinese firms scramble to set
Speaker 1: up warehouses in America, dodging tariffs and keeping the fast
Speaker 1: fashion machine alive. Both sides are playing four D chess, us,
Speaker 1: pushing Mexico for higher Chinese import duties, China countering with
Speaker 1: ever boulder homegrown tech. The expert consensus us controls are
Speaker 1: supercharging China's innovation, ironically narrowing the gap. Beaiging's AI plus
Speaker 1: policy is showering R and D cash and domestic titans
Speaker 1: are learning to monetize AI in cloud faster than their
Speaker 1: US counterparts. Everyone's asking, is it catch up or leap frog?
Speaker 1: The next move might answer that forecast. Expect more targeted
Speaker 1: export restrictions, smarter cyber offensives, and in arms race in
Speaker 1: LM powered malware. US tech leads on innovation, but China
Speaker 1: is catching up, propelled by a billion user market, relentless hackers,
Speaker 1: and strategic grit. Thanks for tuning in. Make sure to
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