{"id":43550,"date":"2026-06-15T16:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/?p=43550"},"modified":"2026-06-17T16:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:16:41","slug":"evc-unsuccessfully-targeted-by-chinese-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/evc-unsuccessfully-targeted-by-chinese-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"EVC unsuccessfully targeted by Chinese intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"43550\" class=\"elementor elementor-43550\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49fb7928 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49fb7928\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16b87114\" data-id=\"16b87114\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6617997e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6617997e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-31e6fb81\" data-id=\"31e6fb81\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ae29f7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ae29f7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In summer 2025, EVC was approached by a person pretending to be an American journalist working for news agency Associated Press. Later on, this person using a fake cover of a journalist tried to have EVC Director Jakub Janda log into a fake website and also offered funding for a possible consultative trip.<\/p><p>EVC was alarmed by this action, did not take the bait and notified Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency (N\u00daKIB), which investigated this case. Later on, N\u00daKIB confirmed that the attacker indicators overlap with a Chinese state actor targeting entities cooperating with Taiwan.<\/p><p>Media reported about this case in detail:<\/p><p>POLITICO Europe story in English language<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seznamzpravy.cz\/clanek\/domaci-kauzy-operace-falesna-novinarka-cinska-rozvedka-pripravila-past-na-ceskou-neziskovku-308428).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seznam Zpr\u00e1vy story in Czech language<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In summer 2025, EVC was approached by a person pretending to be an American journalist working for news agency Associated Press. 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