China espionage fears erupt over alleged affair involving NVIDIA CEO

News24 Defence Analyst Peter Jennings warns of serious national security risks after reports linked NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang to an alleged affair with a woman suspected of being recruited by Chinese intelligence.

“The Wall Street Journal broke the news … the CEO … of NVIDIA, was said to have had an affair with … a senior person working for a company called Megaspeed, which produces data centres,” Mr Jennings told News24 host Sharri Markson.

“It so happens that the allegation is that she was recruited by Chinese intelligence.

“I think back to my time as a senior individual in the Defence Department, we were constantly being warned by national security people of the risks of being compromised by foreign intelligence services, including the use of potential honey traps.

“There are three countries very concerned here about the espionage risk of one of the most senior IT people in the United States going to probably one of the most sensitive issues between the US and China right now.”