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US tech giants Owner alert after China trade secret sting. Len Wad Ding l
n w I d I n G, a software engineer at Google, had
a little secret. While he was supposed to be clocking in full time hours
in Google's Bay Area offices, he reportedly spent months in China. The bombshell
is that prosecutor say Ding was allegedly stealing some of Google's most crucial AI secrets,
all while marketing himself to Chinese companies as an AI expert. Ding is
now facing federal charges out to the FBI raided his home days before planned one
way flight to China. Ding's arrest so spotlights the ongoing nightmare for American tech
companies China's aggressive campaign to swipe trade secrets. Ding isn't alone. Tesla,
Microsoft, Boeing, and even Apple have felt the sting of alleged intellectual property
theft. The details from Core records are jaw dropping. Ding allegedly had an
accomplice had accomplices badge him into build Google's buildings to make it look like he
was there. Meanwhile, he was reportedly copying hundreds of files packed with Google's
most valuable AI technology and uploading them to his personal account. It was a
shockingly low tech method for stealing from one of the world's most sophisticated tech giants.
Google insists they had strict safeguards, but Cornell computer scientists and leading AI
expert called the theft to very significant loss that could impact national security. Stolen
secrets reportedly include blueprints for advanced to US design computer chips, the exact kind
US wants to keep away from China. China, of course, denies anything
by cybersecurity titan Dmitri Yapoleovich has been sounding the alarm about Chinese espionage for over
a decade, calling it the biggest transfer of wealth in history. The relentless
theft that experts se has devastated American industries and destroyed jobs. Companies have to
get much better identifying what is truly a crown jew in their company, though,
many believe tech firms need to step up their security against insider threats and
closely monitor employees with access to top secret tech. What happens to day,
well, he could face a decade in prison, but it remains unclear if
he shared the stolen files. That means damage control might be impossible. If
a Chinese national replicated the technology under a Chinese pattern, well good luck challenging
that in court, especially a Chinese court. October twenty twenty three saw the
FBI joining forces with other intelligence partners called the Five Eyes Britain, Australia,
Canada, New Zealand of course the US to Warren Silicon Valley about the Chinese
threat, This isn't just about still and algorithms of battery blueprints. Is about
an aggressive economic assault with massive consequences.