CrowdStrike 2026 Technology Threat Landscape Report: China is stealing AI capabilities it can’t build

CrowdStrike 2026 Technology Threat Landscape Report: China is stealing AI capabilities it can’t build

By Business Wire
Publication Date: 2026-06-09 12:00:00

Technology is the most under-attack industry in the world as adversaries exploit the AI ​​being developed and the tools used to create it

AUSTIN, Texas, June 9, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today released the CrowdStrike 2026 Technology Threat Landscape Report, revealing that China Nexus adversaries are increasing espionage against technology companies to steal the AI ​​capabilities and intellectual property they cannot build quickly enough on their own. With the world’s most valuable AI resources concentrated in technology companies, the sector is now the most targeted industry in the world, and opponents of the China nexus have been responsible for more than 58% of state-sponsored targeting operations against it.

At the same time, opponents of the North Korea nexus are accelerating fraudulent IT worker programs to funnel revenue to the regime, while eCrime actors are weaponizing AI and turning the developer ecosystems behind it into attack vectors. The report makes it clear: The same…