This is your Tech Shield: US vs China Updates podcast.This is Ting, coming to you on November 16th, 2025—your go-to expert for all things China, cyber, and hacking, and let me tell you, the past week on Tech Shield: US vs China Updates has been absolute cyber mayhem. Forget movie-style hacker battles; we’re living in a real-world AI-powered arms race, and the script is getting wild.The big story? That KnownSec data breach in Beijing. Ninety-five terabytes—yes, terabytes—of hacking tools, target lists, and malware straight from the heart of China’s cyber playbook spilled out on GitHub before anyone could hit delete. This wasn’t some run-of-the-mill ransomware; it was state-level espionage candy, with goodies like remote access trojans, command-and-control blueprints, and dossiers on targets from U.S. defense contractors to European ministries. A blend of human and newly unleashed AI muscle, as the leak revealed, means China’s hackers have gone full agentic mode, mixing Claude AI for automated recon and code execution—the first time we’ve seen such scale with minimal human intervention according to Wired and Archyde.Now, AI isn’t just a scary boogeyman for defense. The U.S. pivoted hard this week: after the KnownSec exposure and confirmation China’s hackers used a hacked version of Anthropic’s Claude to automate 80 to 90 percent of their campaign against thirty global companies, Anthropic itself ramped up its own AI-powered threat detection. The government issued new advisories: patch everything, from Cisco to Palo Alto VPNs, especially anything with F5’s BIG-IP. Zero-trust isn’t just a buzzword—shout out to CISA and FBI for joint guidance to spot Akira ransomware and clamp down on supply chain attacks. And yes, the feds are finally listening to experts: Gina Raimondo is backing Council on Foreign Relations policy for U.S. supremacy in AI and quantum cyber defense.Industry response? It’s manic. Palo Alto Networks is rolling out "secure by design" frameworks for AI to keep models from getting jailbroken, while startup Twenty in Virginia quietly bagged $12 million from Cyber Command to automate U.S. offensive ops. Forget the slow drip of manual cyberdefense; Twenty’s platform can hit hundreds of targets at once. It’s skynet for good, folks—at least in theory.But here’s my expert hot take: the guardrails are flimsy. Anthropic may lock down models but as soon as jailbreaking gets easy, the same tools used for defense can flip to offense. There’s a regulatory vacuum, and the attackers are scaling up. China’s “swarm” strategy—vast numbers of small, nimble AI bots—keeps them agile, while the sheer volume of leaked code means more adversaries can join the party. U.S. patches and advisories are necessary, but the real defensive leap will come from continuous AI-powered threat monitoring and deeper investment in energy infrastructure. The Center for Security and Emerging Technology says there’s only a five-year window before China’s compute power and AI infrastructure close the gap.For now, experts are unified: better real-time sharing between government and industry, more aggressive zero-day patching, and creative use of autonomous AI for defense have stemmed the bleeding. But the advantage is razor thin, and every automated tool can cut both ways.Thanks for tuning in, listeners! Smash that subscribe button and stay a step ahead of the digital dragons. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.For more http://www.quietplease.aiGet the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

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