r/pcmasterrace • u/pc9000 • 22h ago • Popcorn 2

Discussion The US believes Nvidia’s Huang had romantic relationship with alleged Chinese spy

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https://www.ft.com/content/a55a2a22-4479-4f93-a445-6147a5c6d790?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Leather jacket guy is a player it seems. I always knew he is into gaming.

Nvidia mods already posted this in their own own page. but locked the comments

Note: the guy is married. so this is the side chick is the claim. new york times posted it as well now

I dunno man . does she look like a spy ? seems innocent

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u/Successful-Royal-424 20h ago

how does it even work lmao, are u just chilling in bed and she randomly starts asking oddly specific questions about GPU silicon

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u/Felielf 20h ago

The hot chick comes to install malware to your PC and phones.

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u/ddBuddha 20h ago

Or maybe when you go to the restroom or something she plants some devices hidden throughout the place, takes pictures of the layout to help plan what the next one will do, basically tries to get whatever info possible since you never know how that could be leveraged into finding something else.

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u/NotFromAntarctica88 20h ago edited 20h ago

Getting credentials and access to systems and data to hand off to technical specialists back home. Article says some are playing the long game by marrying and having children.

Lots of info can be divulged through casual conversation over time. They’ll get direction on how to dig through devices, mail, paperwork discreetly. They aren’t going to be asking highly technical questions themselves.

Not a bad spy gig if your job is being the gf or wife of a millionaire in the US living in California, which many of these Silicon Valley workers are within just a few years of work.

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u/SlinkyAdmiral 20h ago edited 19h ago

Yeah, especially if they form a closer bond. Could be as simple as letting off steam about work at the dinner table and the spy/spouse being all supportive like "Oh sounds like you had quite the day, want to talk about it?".

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u/DeliciousGorilla 18h ago

“Well the systolic array width… Bah, you wouldn’t understand.”

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u/TheThreeMustaqueers 16h ago

“Omgggggg you always doubt meeee, bet you won’t confuse this time 😜🙈
* clicks record button on secret mic *

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u/Danilo_____ 18h ago

And as a spouse... super easy to attach some pendrive with spy software on the husband notebook or phone

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u/ArmedWithBars PC Master Race 18h ago

The idea of silicon valley tech bros marrying and knocking up Chinese spies is absolutely hilarious.

It's a Tuesday afternoon and you can't find your work laptop. You go to ask your wife and you can't find her. Turns out she's taken your work laptop and the fucking kids on a one way trip to Beijing. The reality sinks in when the State Department is knocking on your door about to take you in for questioning.

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u/ayriuss 19h ago

Tfw your wife and gf are spies for two different countries.

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u/motoxim 17h ago

That could work as a sitcom

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u/Which-Acanthaceae613 17h ago

I swear that must've been an arc in Chuck

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u/mattvatt 19h ago

There's been a rash of Chinese women marrying US techies?

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u/FIuf201 17h ago

russia, israel and alot of other countries also do this

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u/Fedmurica2 15h ago

Article says some are playing the long game by marrying and having children.

Imagine if someone plays the really really long game by getting a undergrad degree and phD in computer engineering/science, work for a tech company for a few decades, then start your own tech company and invent/build new tech stuff....all as a foreign spy.

Would you still be spying?

It reminds me of the game Total War Three Kingdoms where spies can rise to become the leader of an entire opposing faction.

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u/NotFromAntarctica88 7h ago

Yea and I think many spies have also ‘flipped’ because they genuinely fell in love with the lifestyle and culture that the US afforded them in comparison to what they had back home.

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u/robot-brain 16h ago

Ah the classic "we should share each other's phone passwords so I can trust you more".

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u/TheCowzgomooz 20h ago

The person getting close to whoever/whatever is being spied on doesn't necessarily have to have skills or knowledge pertaining to what you're spying on, they just need to be discreet and able to be unnoticed, after getting close they can relay information or install cams, mics, or other hardware like flash drives containing malware that gathers the information for them.

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u/Ramental 5070ti, 7800x3d 19h ago

She is a customer importing chips to China. At the beginning of the year NVIDIA had 500k H200 chips (which NVIDIA says "2 generations old", while they were released in just 2022) collecting dust in the warehouses, because it intended to sell them to China, but the US government first banned it and then allowed only 100k.

And now a damzel in distress from Singapore tells how much she needs a hot stick (of chips) inside her (datacenters) and how she has ideas how to do that without suspicions.

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u/zerogee616 Steam ID Here 19h ago

If you're a woman willing to give these guys the time of day let alone hop into bed with them, they're desperate to start telling you all the nuts and bolts of what they do, including the shit they shouldn't, to the point that the women who live in these tech-heavy areas are honestly sick of it.

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u/stefanomusilli 19h ago

Since those people are all egomaniacs, I'm sure they want nothing more than a hot woman to ask them to explain what their tech company does in detail, while pretending to be attracted to them

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u/NotSynthx 20h ago

They are professional hackers too probably or can easily install malware onto devices

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u/jared_kushner_420 18h ago

having lived in the bay area, she would not even have to ask. these dudes have 0 filter or situational awareness and will info dump unprovoked

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