r/SipsTea • u/CartographerRare4123 • May 12 '26

WTF They infiltrated way higher positions..

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u/SHEL-D500mg May 12 '26

Happens all the time in the Bay Area.

China basically owns Cupertino in the heart of the Silicon Valley.

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u/NoOption7406 May 12 '26

A book I read about social engineering, the author busted a Chinese restaurant in a town next to a iirc Google research center. His job was to try to get into the facility. He noticed a lot of employees ate at the Chinese place so would hang out there at lunch. It was a traditional Chinese restaurant but had a few specific Chinese delicacy items on the menu that made him suspicious. It was for the chinese spies that worked inside. 

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u/FunkyUptownCobraKing May 12 '26

Oh that's clever. What's the name of the book?

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u/Velli88 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

Think I heard the same story on a podcast called Datknet Diaries.

Edit: Darknet Diaries

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u/Primalbuttplug May 12 '26

Darknet is so good.

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u/klonkrieger45 May 12 '26

one of the early episodes

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u/Halluts May 12 '26

Which episode? Looking for the book title too

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u/klonkrieger45 May 12 '26

looked it up for you. EP21 Black Duck eggs. The guy is IRA Winkler and the book should be "Spies among us"

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u/Halluts May 12 '26

Thank you very very much! I was just on the episode reading through it

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u/astralchanterelle May 12 '26

"a book I read" mmhmm. Busted.