Chinese Gov't Fronts Trick the West to Obtain Cyber Tech

Recorded Future reports that BEITA and its subsidiary CIII appear to act as ostensibly civilian research and commercial fronts tied to China’s Ministry of State Security, providing talent, research (notably steganography), and a channel for acquiring foreign technologies that could be incorporated into MSS operational capabilities; while the report links BEITA’s research focus to techniques used by MSS-linked APTs, direct operational attribution to specific APT campaigns remains unconfirmed.