Machine Overmatch: What Salt Typhoon Reveals About Chinaโs Data-Centric Intelligence Strategy
What if the next decisive intelligence advantage isnโt a recruited insider but a nationโs ability to model entire societies from its digital exhaust? Salt Typhoonโs multi-year cyber campaigns against U.S. telecommunications networks and critical infrastructure demonstrate Chinaโs unparalleled focus on data-centric espionage: collect widely, analyze fast, and operationalize at scale โ alongside continued investments in traditional intelligence disciplines. This approach reshapes how the United States has conventionally thought about intelligence advantage. From Exquisite to ExhaustFor decades, the U.S. intelligence community has prized what analysts call โexquisiteโ intelligence: narrowly sourced, high-confidence insight into adversary intent. That model depends on scarcity โ secrets The post Machine Overmatch: What Salt Typhoon Reveals About Chinaโs Data-Centric Intelligence Strategy appeared first on War on the Rocks.