An extradited businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack US defense contractors and send export-controlled data to China:
A businessman from China pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to hack into the computer networks of major US defense contractors including Boeing Co, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. Su Bin, 50, faces up to five years in jail for allegedly conspiring with two other people in China to obtain sensitive military information and export it illegally. Su's attorney Robert Anello said in an email: "In resolving this matter Su Bin hopes to move on with his life."
According to US government court filings, Su began working in 2008 to target US companies. In 2010, he emailed a file to an unnamed individual in China which contained information about Boeing's C-17 military transport aircraft. Su also helped his co-conspirators decide which company employees to target, and translated documents from English to Chinese. Arrested in Canada in 2014, Su ultimately consented to US extradition, the Justice Department said. Canadian media reported in January that two Chinese soldiers conspired with Su to obtain blueprints for F-35s and other jets.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by MostCynical on Saturday March 26 2016, @08:32PM
the F-35 has plans?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 26 2016, @08:43PM
Ching chong, Chinaman yellow motherfucker.
(Score: 2) by JNCF on Sunday March 27 2016, @04:39AM
Settle down, Andy. [192.184.80.244]
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 26 2016, @09:05PM
The Soviet Union dissolved shortly after completing Buran, its imitation of the Space Shuttle. If China copies the F-35, it could mean the end of the communist era there. Who's to say that the Americans didn't engineer this leak.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by anubi on Sunday March 27 2016, @04:42AM
What China will do is use the F-35 as a design base, then make their own derivative of it, sans bugs.
Right now I am looking at some Chinese HMI panels.. they look like derivatives of existing designs.. beautifully done too, no less. However, I am not clear at all how to program one of those in English. ( Weinview derivative of Weintek ). Weinview is all over AliExpress... but the forums lead me to believe they are really designed for the Asian markets.
If there is one thing I would warn the US Military high ups about, its that anyone using military technology better learn Chinese, as with as much Chinese high-tech as I am seeing out there now-a-days, it would not surprise me to see Chinese technologies used on Military systems, that may flip back to Chinese when it reboots.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 2) by davester666 on Sunday March 27 2016, @05:56AM
Yes, they have detailed plans for the F-35.
Unfortunately, while the plans are very detailed and look really nice, when you actually build what they describe...not so good.
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Sunday March 27 2016, @02:08PM
Yea. Unfortunately someone senator used a few to wipe their mouth after the complimentary steak dinner. Kinda hard to read now.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 26 2016, @08:57PM
If the plans have value, then I wonder how many American business [wo]men are doing the same?
Perhaps as an unfortunate outgrowth of "free market capitalism"?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 26 2016, @10:10PM
When will organizations start to seriously tighten their computer security? And this is defense industry...
Between commercial entities there's laws etc. But in an international defense environment you can't rely on that. Things need to be protected for real.
Perhaps the next time when there's a conflict they send in the lawyers to sue the enemy to death? Perhaps it's better than nukes? ;-)
(Score: 4, Funny) by RamiK on Saturday March 26 2016, @11:55PM
I bet the "sensitive information" was part pricing for his company to beat and he only got flagged by some random filter on the hunt for bin Laden.
I can imagine the guy getting lassoed by some mounties screaming "It was only Torx screws and cup holders! I swear!" while they're beating him with Polo clubs yelling "We got bin Laden! Eh?" :D
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