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"Spy turtles" and "spy fish" prowling China's waters, Beijing claims

"An unseen covert war of espionage is currently unfolding" in the waters off China, the country's minister of state security has alleged. Grouped from 2 articles across 2 sources.

2 reports2 sourcesJun 12, 2026, 12:15 PM
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CBS NewsJun 12, 2026, 12:15 PM

"Spy turtles" and "spy fish" prowling China's waters, Beijing claims

"An unseen covert war of espionage is currently unfolding" in the waters off China, the country's minister of state security has alleged.

The GuardianJun 12, 2026, 7:27 AM

‘Spy turtles’ and ‘spy fish’ being used to monitor Chinese waters, Beijing claims

Ministry says animals fitted with sensors by foreign agencies collect sensitive sea data, in ‘invisible secret war’ China’s ministry of state security has claimed that foreign espionage and intelligence agencies are using innovative new methods to monitor the country’s waters, including deploying “spy” animals fitted with sensors. In a post on the Chinese platform WeChat on Friday, the ministry warned that an “invisible secret war” was quietly playing out in the seas around China as foreign agencies were collecting sensitive data “through a variety of new spying devices” to produce underwater maps that pose a “serious threat to our national security”. Continue reading...

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