Chinese Spy Stole Corporate Secrets
A Chinese spy stole software and technology that powers advanced flight and battlefield simulators and attempted to sell it to the Chinese Army and Islamic nations. One of the things that makes the United States so effective on the battlefield is our ability to train our personnel better than our enemies.
From SignonSanDiego here:
A Silicon Valley engineer stole trade secrets from a San Jose software company and tried to sell them to foreign governments, prosecutors alleged Thursday.
Xiaodong Sheldon Meng, 42, a Chinese national with Canadian citizenship, was indicted on 36 felony counts, including economic espionage to benefit a foreign government and violations of military technology export laws.
Prosecutors say Meng stole the underlying code for software made by Quantum3D Inc. that is used to train military fighter pilots, and tried to sell it to the Thai and Malaysian air forces and a company with ties to China’s military.
Under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, the crime carries up to 15 years in prison. Theft of trade secrets can bring 10 years.
The Chinese are actively attacking the United States armed forces networks and are now trying to steal our training technology.
