Chennai: Amid border tensions between India and China, reports have claimed that China has hatched an espionage conspiracy against India.
A Shenzen-based company named Zhenhua Data Information Technology Co. Limited has been tasked with monitoring over 10,000 prominent citizens including President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, among others, a report by The Indian Express has said.
Among the politicos, China has also spied on Zee News’ Editor in Chief Sudhir Chaudhary. Notably, Zee News started a ‘Made in India’ campaign against Chinese goods and consistently reported against China’s incursion on LAC.
It is said that Zhenhua Data Information Technology Co. Limited has links to the Chinese government, and the Chinese Communist Party.
Last month, according to a report of the security agencies, a secret unit of the People’s Liberation of Army (PLA) had intensified its activities against India.
Many cases have been reported in the last few months in which Chinese hackers associated with the PLA attempted to gather sensitive information of the country through cyber espionage.