The Nvidia spying scandal is changing the way US executives meet partners.
The fallout from the Jensen Huang affair with an alleged Chinese spy quickly went from a personal scandal to a broad industry warning. Executives across corporate America are now changing how they meet people, who they trust and what they do before a first date, the WSJ reports.
Some managers stopped dating altogether. Others hire matchmakers who act like security contractors, screening candidates using encrypted databases and requiring confidentiality agreements. The matchmaker may hide the client's identity until the first meeting, and send potential clients altered biographies and photos of similar characters.
Large technology companies are also learning the lesson. OpenAI recently held training sessions for employees about how foreign intelligence operatives try to access company data through romantic entanglements.
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