Chinese caught trying to bug Israeli embassy

Chinese caught trying to bug Israeli embassy



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Chinese caught trying to bug Israeli embassy
Special to World Tribune.com
EAST-ASIA-INTEL.COM
Sunday, January 4, 2004


A security officer in the Israeli Embassy in Beijing caught a group of Chinese technicians last month attempting to plant electronic eavesdropping devices in the embassy's telephone lines.

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The Chinese told the Israeli guard that they were from the Chinese Foreign Ministry information security department. The officer then asked the technicians to undo the work and leave.

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This was not the first time the Chinese had tried to plant eavesdropping devices on telephone lines, which are used for encrypted communications as well as for open telephone calls.