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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday December 13 2018, @09:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the captain-obvious dept.

Chinese Espionage Poses Growing Threat, U.S. Officials Say

Chinese cyber espionage and theft of intellectual property from U.S. companies is increasing and poses a dire threat to the country's security and economic competitiveness, Trump administration officials told senators on Wednesday.

"What hangs in the balance is not just the future of the United States, but the future of the world," Bill Priestap, assistant director of the FBI's counterintelligence division, told the Senate Judiciary Committee.

[...] John Demers, assistant attorney general for national security, said Chinese espionage against U.S. targets has steadily increased and China has stolen technology ranging from autonomous drones to chemical compounds. "We cannot tolerate a nation that steals the fruits of our brain power," Demers said, "and that is just what China is doing."

The Chinese espionage campaign extends beond[sic] government agents to encompass tourists, technology workers, students and academic researchers, they said. For example, the Chinese government's payment of students' tuition provides leverage to pressure them to bring home intellectual property, Priestap said.

Duh?

Also at The Hill.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13 2018, @09:29PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13 2018, @09:29PM (#774153)

    The following SoylentNews users have breached a number of systems and should be investigated post-haste!

    https://soylentnews.org/~The+Mighty+Buzzard [soylentnews.org]
    https://soylentnews.org/~Runaway1956/ [soylentnews.org]
    https://soylentnews.org/~khallow [soylentnews.org] (this one actually rationalizes theft)

    There is also an AC that uses TOR, might want to get on that one, definitely a homegrown terrorist in the making! Might require some extraordinary rendition to get most of these users.

  • (Score: 5, Funny) by edIII on Thursday December 13 2018, @09:48PM

    by edIII (791) on Thursday December 13 2018, @09:48PM (#774161)
    • Khallow - I highly, highly, highly, doubt that he was rationalizing theft. After looking at that last journal entry, he is railing against asset forfeiture by the state, and it was the State of Indiana rationalizing their theft of a citizens property for minor violations of the law. Khallow is against that.
    • TMB - Too busy drinking whiskey, fishing, coding, and calling the rest of us dumbasses from his lazyboy recliner. Not to mention I personally believe he has more integrity than that.
    • Runaway1956 - Hacking something? BWahahahahahahahahahahahha! He can't. He's currently fending of Google's war against the white man, whilst simultaneously battling Gay Atheist Trans Ninjas from the 94th Leftist Brigade that trains on Apple's campus in California. (God Bless You).

    Try again, AC.

    --
    Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
  • (Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Friday December 14 2018, @02:41PM (1 child)

    by PiMuNu (3823) on Friday December 14 2018, @02:41PM (#774404)

    How do you know AC uses Tor?

    • (Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Friday December 14 2018, @02:46PM

      by PiMuNu (3823) on Friday December 14 2018, @02:46PM (#774405)

      I'll pick up my coat on the way out shall I?