{"id":1290096,"date":"2023-05-19T21:10:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T01:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/the-big-tech-spy-hunt\/1290096\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T21:10:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T01:10:05","slug":"the-big-tech-spy-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/the-big-tech-spy-hunt\/1290096\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Tech Spy Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Big Tech Spy Hunt<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Anders Corr via The Epoch Times<\/a> (emphasis ours),<\/em><\/p>\n

The United States and South Korea are getting tougher on technology leaks<\/strong>. The two countries have extensive tech industries to protect. Most important is their technological lead, along with the Netherlands, in small and powerful computer chips used for economic and military applications around the world.<\/p>\n

Countries that steal these technologies include China, Russia, and Iran. As U.S. adversaries, they could use them against us and our allies.<\/p>\n

On May 16, the Department of Justice<\/a> (DOJ) revealed five related cases investigated by its new \u201cDisruptive Technology Strike Force.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two of them, both in California, include the alleged theft of source code by Chinese nationals for delivery to competitors in China.<\/p>\n

On May 5, a senior technology engineer was arrested for alleged theft of \u201cmetrology software which is used in \u2018smart\u2019 automotive manufacturing equipment,\u201d<\/strong> the DOJ said in a press release. The tech could help China build nuclear submarines and military aircraft.<\/p>\n

The other case is of a Chinese national and former Apple engineer who allegedly stole \u201cthousands of documents containing the source code for software and hardware pertaining to Apple\u2019s autonomous vehicle technology,\u201d<\/strong> according to the DOJ.<\/p>\n

He escaped back to China the same night in 2018 that FBI agents searched his home and discovered the documents. It is unclear why the FBI did not immediately arrest the suspect and why it has taken this long to bring charges.<\/p>\n

A third case, in New York, involved a sanctioned \u201cChinese procurement network established to provide Iran with materials used in weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and ballistic missiles,\u201d the DOJ said. The defendant is a Chinese national who allegedly used a front company to try and provide Iran with isostatic graphite, used in the rocket nozzles and reentry vehicle nose cones of intercontinental ballistic missiles. He is at large in China.<\/p>\n

French officials arrested a Greek national in a fourth case for alleged links to Russian intelligence and acquiring 10 different types of controlled technology for illegal export to Russia.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace with David Newman (L), the principal deputy assistant attorney general for National Security at U.S. Department of Justice, Michael Driscoll (2R), the assistant director-in-charge of the FBI\u2019s New York field office, and David Sundberg (R), the assistant director-in-charge of the FBI\u2019s Washington field office speaks during a DOJ press conference announcing arrests and charges against multiple individuals alleged to be working in connection to the Chinese regime, at the U.S. Attorney\u2019s office in New York City, on April 17, 2023. (Angela Weiss\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cAs alleged, while ostensibly operating as a defense contractor for NATO and other ally countries, the defendant and his Aratos Group were double-dealing, helping to fuel Russia\u2019s war effort and their development of next-generation weapons,\u201d according to U.S. Attorney Breon Peace.<\/p>\n

The Aratos Group operates defense and technology companies in Greece and the Netherlands, which, as NATO countries, can import some controlled U.S. tech. Since 2017, Aratos has allegedly smuggled tech to Russia that can be \u201cused in military applications, including quantum cryptography and nuclear weapons testing, as well as tactical battlefield equipment\u201d by Russian nuclear and quantum research facilities and intelligence services, according to the DOJ.<\/p>\n

Two other Russian nationals were arrested in Arizona in a fifth case for allegedly lying and using front companies and foreign bank accounts to attempt to ship export-controlled aircraft parts to sanctioned Russian commercial airlines.<\/p>\n

As the United States has increased the pressure on economic spies, those from China have gone elsewhere to get similar technologies. In South Korea<\/a>, for example, confirmed leaks of core technologies increased from 3 in 2017 to 10 in 2021, according to the Financial Times. In the first quarter of 2023, there have already been three such leaks from large automotive, display, and semiconductor companies. Headhunters from China operate front companies and lurk outside South Korean chip fabs in an attempt to poach talent. On offer are salaries three-to-four times prior incomes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read more here…<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 05\/19\/2023 – 23:40<\/span><\/p>\n

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