Those two men look normal sized, not gigantic.
No no, those men audit giants. There’s a lot of fraudsters out there telling tall tales.
The title is a little sensational.
Corporate travel policies to China and China controlled regions, for my entire adult life, have always been any data that goes into China is going to be exfiltrated. So clean devices for travel, no sensitive information on those devices, those devices get refreshed when they get back. And not plugged into the main network.
This is over multiple international corporations, with headquarters in different countries. Many countries, China included, use their national security and spying apparatus for business advantage for national companies. China’s just a little more enthusiastic than everyone else
The significance is that Hong Kong used to be exempt from such requirements, because it was viewed as sufficiently separate from China. No longer.
I concur. It’s not only China, depending on the company’s market it can also be the US, Russia and probably others.
Why is the articles photo of some like Italian ice skaters?
They are the Liu Brothers, born in Hungary (that’s the hungarian flag btw) and skating for the Hungarian olympic team. They decided to switch countries and represent China from now on.
Here is an article with some more detailed info: link
This has been the norm for the past 15 years.
Rich multinational consulting firms and their solutions of “just lay off people bro” coupled with millions of dollars of consulting fees. Oh no, what a terrible loss to society!
