The scandal surrounding the CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, and his relationship with a Chinese businesswoman suspected of espionage has become a wake-up call for Silicon Valley, writes the "Telegraph".
The industry already had safety measures, such as training to increase employee vigilance and polygraph tests during hiring. Employees of IT companies have been urged to be careful when communicating with strangers, and some companies have banned publicly mentioning their employer and wearing branded clothing.
In addition, some companies have training courses that teach how to identify so-called "honey traps". But the story of Jensen Huang's betrayal showed that California's tech giants "are still vulnerable to the oldest spying technique," the paper notes.
"The honey trap may sound like a cliché, but it can turn a person's privacy into a national security threat," said Jake Moore, cybersecurity expert at ESET.
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