The sex spies infiltrating America – and the ‘lonely and naive’ geniuses who are easy prey for Russia and China’s merciless deep-cover beauties

US intelligence officials have long warned that foreign agents target American technology and government, but recent allegations involving Nvidia chief Jensen Huang have renewed attention on the risk. The article describes claims that spies may exploit personal relationships to approach people with sensitive access, while stressing that alleged activity reaches beyond Silicon Valley.

A congressional committee has documented more than 60 cases of Chinese Communist Party-related espionage or interference across 20 states since 2021. Examples include former Arcadia mayor Eileen Wang, who pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered agent for Beijing, and former New York official Linda Sun, whose trial ended in a mistrial; she and her husband deny wrongdoing. The article also cites a former engineer sentenced to 46 months in prison after admitting he stole more than 3,600 files containing military-related technology.