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Source: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/c...ence-for-stealing-information-on-f-35-fighter
A Chinese man who ran an aerospace firm with offices in British Columbia has been sentenced to nearly four years in jail for stealing confidential information on a U.S. military transport aircraft and the F-35 stealth fighter.
Su Bin had pled guilty in federal court in Los Angeles to helping two Chinese military hackers. Among the targets of the hacking efforts was information on the U.S. F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters as well as Boeing’s C-17 transport aircraft, which is also used by the Canadian air force.
In a plea agreement, Su admitted to conspiring with the two hackers in China to gain unauthorized access to computer networks in the U.S. between October 2008 and March 2014.
Su travelled to the U.S. on 10 occasions during that period, according to court documents.
He was arrested in Richmond, B.C., in June 2014 and a Canadian court ordered Su’s extradition to the U.S. in September 2015.
The 51-year-old has been sentenced to three years and ten months in jail. He was also fined $10,000.
Su, also known as Stephen Su and Steven Subin, is the owner of the aviation firm Lode Technology. Besides the office in Canada, it also had locations throughout China.
His firm did business with companies in Canada, Switzerland, Germany, the U.S. and France.
“Over the course of years, this defendant sought to undermine the national security of the United States by seeking out information that would benefit a foreign government and providing that country with information it had never before seen,” U.S. prosecutor Eileen Decker said in a statement.
Su did not carry out the actual hacking, which was done by his two co-conspirators, both members of the People’s Liberation Army in China.
Instead, Su’s role was to identify technical data that the hackers could target, according to the charges filed by Decker.
Su also admitted translating the stolen information, which was then offered to Chinese aviation firms.
The theft of information on the C-17 aircraft made “important contributions to our national defense scientific research development,” one of the Chinese military officers wrote in an email intercepted by the U.S.
Another email, sent by Su in 2009, outlined the names of U.S. aerospace executives that the hackers could target.
Some in China have hailed Su as a hero. In March, the Global Times newspaper, which has close ties to China’s government, published an editorial highlighting Su’s role as a special agent. “We are willing to show our gratitude and respect for his service to our country,” the editorial said. “On the secret battlefield without gunpowder, China needs special agents to gather secrets from the U.S..”
The hackers did not confine their activities to U.S. firms. One of Su’s emails noted an attempt to collect data on a missile being developed jointly by Russia and India. The U.S. also alleged he focused on military technology being developed by Taiwan as well as information held by groups promoting democracy in China and independence in Tibet.
Last year the Chinese government vowed it would crack down on cyber espionage aimed at U.S. businesses, after the U.S. government warned it would consider sanctions if China’s economic spying didn’t stop. American intelligence officials have nonetheless expressed doubt that China will ease up on its activities.
The U.S. isn’t the only nation that has faced such Chinese-directed cyber operations. The computer systems of Canada’s National Research Council have been hacked a number of times, although the Chinese denied they were involved.
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Lol, so the Chinese can't design their own Jet so they have to steal US's secrets? LOL!! Pathetic.
They should just deported these thieves back to China. Stealing state secret is a criminal offence right?
A Chinese man who ran an aerospace firm with offices in British Columbia has been sentenced to nearly four years in jail for stealing confidential information on a U.S. military transport aircraft and the F-35 stealth fighter.
Su Bin had pled guilty in federal court in Los Angeles to helping two Chinese military hackers. Among the targets of the hacking efforts was information on the U.S. F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters as well as Boeing’s C-17 transport aircraft, which is also used by the Canadian air force.
In a plea agreement, Su admitted to conspiring with the two hackers in China to gain unauthorized access to computer networks in the U.S. between October 2008 and March 2014.
Su travelled to the U.S. on 10 occasions during that period, according to court documents.
He was arrested in Richmond, B.C., in June 2014 and a Canadian court ordered Su’s extradition to the U.S. in September 2015.
The 51-year-old has been sentenced to three years and ten months in jail. He was also fined $10,000.
Su, also known as Stephen Su and Steven Subin, is the owner of the aviation firm Lode Technology. Besides the office in Canada, it also had locations throughout China.
His firm did business with companies in Canada, Switzerland, Germany, the U.S. and France.
“Over the course of years, this defendant sought to undermine the national security of the United States by seeking out information that would benefit a foreign government and providing that country with information it had never before seen,” U.S. prosecutor Eileen Decker said in a statement.
Su did not carry out the actual hacking, which was done by his two co-conspirators, both members of the People’s Liberation Army in China.
Instead, Su’s role was to identify technical data that the hackers could target, according to the charges filed by Decker.
Su also admitted translating the stolen information, which was then offered to Chinese aviation firms.
The theft of information on the C-17 aircraft made “important contributions to our national defense scientific research development,” one of the Chinese military officers wrote in an email intercepted by the U.S.
Another email, sent by Su in 2009, outlined the names of U.S. aerospace executives that the hackers could target.
Some in China have hailed Su as a hero. In March, the Global Times newspaper, which has close ties to China’s government, published an editorial highlighting Su’s role as a special agent. “We are willing to show our gratitude and respect for his service to our country,” the editorial said. “On the secret battlefield without gunpowder, China needs special agents to gather secrets from the U.S..”
The hackers did not confine their activities to U.S. firms. One of Su’s emails noted an attempt to collect data on a missile being developed jointly by Russia and India. The U.S. also alleged he focused on military technology being developed by Taiwan as well as information held by groups promoting democracy in China and independence in Tibet.
Last year the Chinese government vowed it would crack down on cyber espionage aimed at U.S. businesses, after the U.S. government warned it would consider sanctions if China’s economic spying didn’t stop. American intelligence officials have nonetheless expressed doubt that China will ease up on its activities.
The U.S. isn’t the only nation that has faced such Chinese-directed cyber operations. The computer systems of Canada’s National Research Council have been hacked a number of times, although the Chinese denied they were involved.
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Lol, so the Chinese can't design their own Jet so they have to steal US's secrets? LOL!! Pathetic.
They should just deported these thieves back to China. Stealing state secret is a criminal offence right?
