What's a Honey Trap? The spy tactic that helped topple Jensen Huang

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What's a Honey Trap? The spy tactic that helped topple Jensen Huang November 12, 20265:45 PM ET

Frank Langfitt

A screengrab from CTI video footage obtained November 9, 2026 shows a woman identified by Reuters as Alice Huang after comparison with a photograph obtained separately, attending a dinner with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (in black) at a restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan on May 22, 2025. CTI via Reuters hide caption

CTI via Reuters

One of the world's oldest spy tactics appears to have helped topple one of the world's richest men. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday amid revelations that he had an affair with a female client that U.S. intelligence identified as a Chinese spy, according to the New York Times.