Trump knew a 'spy' was near Nvidia’s CEO a year ago—why was Jensen Huang kept in the dark?
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- ✓US President Donald Trump was briefed a year ago about Alice Huang, a woman suspected of spying for China.
- ✓Intelligence officials believed she targeted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to access sensitive AI chip data.
- ✓Despite the warning, US authorities never told Jensen Huang about her suspected links to Chinese intelligence.
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US President Donald Trump was reportedly briefed by intelligence officials around a year ago about Alice Huang, a Chinese woman suspected of having links to China's intelligence agency. The brief reportedly included information about her close relationship with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Despite receiving the intelligence assessment, Trump reportedly did not take action. Jensen Huang was not informed by US authorities that the woman he had interacted with was suspected of spying for China.
What had US intelligence discovered about Alice Huang?Alice Huang worked as a senior executive at Singapore-based data centre company Megaspeed International. US intelligence officials reportedly suspected that she was working for China's Ministry of State Security (MSS). The agency is China's principal civilian intelligence service.
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