Facebook's Former Security Chief Says It's 'Reasonable' To Assume China Is Infiltrating Google

Facebook's former security chief Alex Stamos suggested Tuesday that it is very possible that China and Russia have subverted Google's employees.'It is completely reasonable to assume that MSS and SVR have subverted employees at all the major tech companies,' Stamossaid in a Twitter threadTuesday, noting tech billionaire Peter Thiel's accusations that China's Ministry of Security 'likely' infiltrated Google.'This is part of the threat model for all competent tech security teams when building internal controls, monitoring and response,' he added. Thiel, a high-profile supporter of President Donald Trump, criticized Google's work with the Chineseduring a speech Sundayto the inaugural National Conservatism Conference.'How many foreign intelligence agencies have infiltrated your Manhattan Project for AI' Does Google's senior management consider itself to have been thoroughly infiltrated by Chinese intelligence''Thielasked at the conference.He added: 'Is it because they consider themselves to be so thoroughly infiltrated that they have engaged in the seemingly treasonous decision to work with the Chinese military and not with the U.S. military.' Thiel, who sits on the board of Facebook, suggested his questions warrant the attention of federal investigators.
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