By seizing hard-coded command domains, federal authorities shut down a Chinese state-sponsored botnet that had confirmed access to seven federal networks including NASA, the Federal Reserve, and the US Senate.

Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal PRC agent in a case showing how Chinese officials allegedly used community media, political operatives, and local influence networks to promote Beijing’s messaging inside Southern California’s Chinese American civic space.

Norway detained a Chinese woman in a suspected espionage case involving an alleged Chinese state-backed effort to use a Norway-registered company to establish a satellite data receiving station near strategically sensitive Arctic infrastructure.

AQAP’s leader praised global attacks on Jews and Americans while issuing a direct warning that Chinese interests could be targeted over Beijing’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims.