US officials accuse COSCO of intelligence gathering with concealed ship equipment

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U.S. officials have accused Chinese shipping company COSCO of deploying concealed equipment on its vessels to gather intelligence, specifically intercepting military communications near U.S. and other countries' coastlines. The allegations emerged from sources within the Trump administration and have raised security concerns about China's activities in global shipping lanes.

U.S. officials have accused Chinese shipping giant COSCO of using concealed equipment aboard its vessels to collect intelligence for Beijing, according to Reuters. Two senior Trump administration officials told Reuters that the equipment is used to intercept military communications near the coastlines of the United States and other countries. COSCO did not respond to Reuters’ […] The post US officials accuse COSCO of intelligence gathering with concealed ship equipment appeared first on Container News.