A Chinese surveillance firm with links to the CCP is keeping tabs on prominent Indians
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Constant surveillance
More than 10,000 organisations and people in India are being actively monitored under a surveillance programme run by a tech company that has links to the Chinese Communist Party, explosive findings from an investigation carried out by the Indian Express have revealed.
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Prime Minister tracked
Zhenhua Data Information Technology Co. Limited, a tech firm based in Shenzhen, is said to be keeping a tab on its targets in real time. Apart from President Ram Nath Kovind and PM Narendra Modi, the Indian targets in the list include almost all other key Union ministers and chief ministers, the current and former chiefs of the armed forces, the chief justice and the CAG.
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Basket of targets
Key bureaucrats, scientists, journalists, actors, and even top white-collar criminals from India feature in the list, the report said. Moreover, noted industry behemoths such as Tata and Adani are also being tracked. Coming amid the heated face-off at the border, these revelations have the potential to sour India's ties with China even more.
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Revelations galore
The Indian Express said that it got the info with the help of a "network of researchers from a source" with links to the Shenzhen-based firm. As per the report, while the source wanted to stay anonymous in view of the risks involved, the data was passed on to a Vietnam academic who had formerly worked in China.
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Hybrid warfare
This data mining is being seen as part of a hybrid warfare, which essentially means using non-military means to gain domination. According to the Indian Express report, in the company's own words, the means used in this kind of warfare are — "information pollution, perception management and propaganda."