Foreign agencies allegedly using underwater lighthouses to spy on China
China has supposedly discovered that spy intelligence agencies from unknown countries have infiltrated its waters and planted special devices used to spy on the country.
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China has supposedly discovered that spy intelligence agencies from unknown countries have infiltrated its waters and planted special devices used to spy on the country.
A WeChat account belonging to China’s Ministry of National Security, as found by The Register, which first reported the story, created a long post claiming that international intelligence agencies have descended upon its waters and are supposedly using various spying techniques.
The WeChat post, which has been automatically translated, claims that foreign agencies have taken various measures to monitor and survey China’s waters, collect information, and orchestrate “technical theft activities.”
The post also said that the country’s security agency has “seized a variety of special technical devices for spying on our marine information data.”
This technology supposedly lurks on the seabed, “secretly collecting surrounding marine hydrological information” and other ship activity data.
The ministry even said that this technology acts as “underwater lighthouses” used to allegedly help indicate the direction in which foreign submarines should invade China’s waters.
According to The Register, the ministry alleges that floating devices were found.
China claims that this is a serious threat to the country's national security and that “maintaining and shaping deep-sea security is a strategic cause for the future.”
However, China has also been accused of spying on its adversaries using novel tech.
A suspected Chinese spy balloon, captured on video floating over the US state of Montana by a local eyewitness, was shot down by US fighter jets back in 2023.
US officials said they were confident that the "high-altitude surveillance balloon" seen floating over the northwest US city of Billings, Montana, was most likely a Chinese spy balloon.
The balloon – said to be the size of three buses and flying at 60 thousand feet above sea level – was spotted in the sky by a local resident of Billings on Wednesday, February 1st.
The resident decided to film the unidentified flying object and post it on social media gaining the attention of news outlets across the nation.
China responded to the accusations, calling the “hype” around the incident pure speculation without verified proof.