China says "spy turtles" and "spy fish" deployed by foreign intelligence agencies snooping in its waters

Source CBS Local
Original Load Date June 12, 2026, 11 a.m.
Last Updated June 12, 2026, 11 a.m.
Original URL https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/china-spy-turtles-and-fish-foreign-intelligence-agencies/

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Foreign intelligence services are using "spy turtles" and "spy fish" to snoop on China, the country's Ministry of State Security said Friday. "An unseen covert war of espionage is currently unfolding" in the seas around China's coast, the ministry wrote in a [ post on the WeChat ][42] social media ...