China’s state-owned companies seek to seed Western societies with an expanding array of technological vulnerabilities, according to a new warning from a NATO ally’s spy agency. 

“The average Western individual still perceives the Chinese technological landscape as abstract and distant, failing to recognize its potential as a threat,” Estonia’s Foreign Intelligence Service warned in its annual report, released Monday. “The rise and global proliferation of Chinese technology are not solely the result of Chinese talents’ diligence and entrepreneurship; it is part of China’s strategic efforts to enhance its political influence alongside exporting its standards.”