INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING

China Increasingly Emboldened Across Cyber, Influence and Geopolitical Spectrums

As China continues to vie for a position at the center of the world stage, its ambitions have played out through counterintelligence and espionage campaigns as seen in recent global events. These actions continue to pose a mounting threat to nations and organizations around the world.

Tensions between China and Taiwan, coupled with China’s stance on Russia’s war on Ukraine, its strained relations with the US and Europe, and its global implications on supply chains underscores the urgent need to understand China’s intentions and the scope of its cyber, military and influence capabilities.

Watch this on-demand intelligence briefing with a panel of Insikt Group expert analysts to learn more about the state of China’s threat landscape across cyber, physical, and influence operations threats:

  • The impact of international events on China’s global business, economic, and leadership strategy, specifically as it relates to Taiwan
  • Rising economic and business risks associated with conducting business in or with China and its organizations
  • The scope and scale of threats posed by cybercriminals, hacktivists, and state-sponsored actors and the emergence of new technologies, such as AI, amongst these groups
  • The espionage and sabotage threats posed to critical infrastructure, such as submarine cables, in the region and the potential implications
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Featuring The Following Speakers


Jon Condra

Director, Strategic & Persistent Threats at Recorded Future

Jon Condra is the Director of the Strategic and Persistent Threats team within Recorded Future's Insikt Group, which focuses on tracking and reporting on state-sponsored cyber intrusion activities. Jon previously worked at Symantec, Flashpoint, and Verisign iDefense in various roles. An expert on China, Jon has traveled extensively in the People's Republic of China and wider East Asia, and reads and speaks Mandarin Chinese. Jon received his MA from Georgetown University's Security Studies Program and his BA from Gettysburg College.

Di Wu

Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst, Cybercrime at Recorded Future

Di Wu is a Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst on Recorded Future’s Cybercrime Underground Team, He specializes in tracking financially motivated threat actors on Chinese-language dark web marketplaces and forums. Prior to coming over the Record Future, he worked as a cybercrime researcher at Intel 471 as well as serving as a China analyst for various components of the Department of Defense. 

Devin Thorne

Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst, Insikt Group at Recorded Future

Devin Thorne is a Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst on Recorded Future's Global Issues Team. He specializes in using publicly available information to investigate the organizational systems and activities of sub-state actors that contribute to China's state security. From 2013 through 2016, Devin lived in Shenzhen and Nanjing, China, where he received a master's degree from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center. He speaks Mandarin.