A second balloon, which the Pentagon now assesses as a Chinese surveillance vehicle, is transiting Latin America.
Other reports of Chinese surveillance balloons over Canada and Alaska are inaccurate, defense officials said Friday.
The assessment comes amid a diplomatic row sparked by the first balloon, which was seen over Montana on Wednesday and has since has prompted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken tojust hours before his departure. The Chinese government claimed the device was a “civilian airship” that is used to collect information about the weather.
China has a track record of spying in Latin America. In 2021, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center took control of websites by Chinese hacking group NICKEL across 29 countries, and noted the organization had “This is a developing story that will be updated. Dan Lamothe contributed to this report.
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