National Security

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U.S. Cracks Down on Chinese Cyber Espionage: Seizes Domains, VPS, and Sanctions Hackers Linked to Treasury Breach

WASHINGTON D.C. – In a decisive move against state-sponsored cyber threats, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has unsealed indictments against Chinese nationals Yin Kecheng (尹 可成), 38, and Zhou Shuai (周帅), 45, exposing a years-long, sophisticated hacking campaign targeting a wide range of U.S. entities, including the Department of Treasury. The operation, which involved

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Google AI Secrets at Risk? Linwei Ding Faces 14 Counts of Espionage and Trade Secret Theft in China Scheme

The high-stakes world of artificial intelligence (AI) development has become a battleground for global technological dominance. A new superseding indictment against a former Google engineer, Linwei Ding (also known as Leon Ding), highlights the intense competition and the lengths to which some individuals and nations may go to gain an edge. Ding, 38, now faces

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TikTok Ban from US

Supreme Court Upholds Law Forcing TikTok Sale: National Security Concerns Trump Free Speech Arguments, Says DOJ

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Supreme Court has delivered a landmark decision in the closely watched case of TikTok, et al. v. Garland, upholding a recently passed law that compels the Chinese-owned social media giant TikTok to either divest from its parent company, ByteDance, or face a ban in the United States. The ruling,

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Whistleblower or Spy? Chenguang Gong Engineer’s Arrest Ignites Debate on National Security and Intellectual Property

San Jose, CA – The arrest of Chenguang Gong, a 57-year-old engineer, on charges of stealing classified missile tracking technology has sent shockwaves through the tech community and sparked heated debates about national security, intellectual property rights, and the potential for whistleblower retaliation. Gong, a Chinese national, allegedly downloaded sensitive information from his employer, a

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Financial Fraud: Bahram Karimi Was Charged With Conspiring To Commit Bank Fraud, Bank Fraud, And Making False Statements

Iranian National Charged with Bank Fraud and Lying to Federal Agents in Connection with a Scheme to Use the U.S. Financial System to Send More Than $115 Million to Iranian Individuals and Entities The Department of Justice announced that Bahram Karimi was charged with conspiring to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and making false statements

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Cyber Crime

Cyber Crime: Leonid Momotok to Computer Hacking And Trading Scheme

Georgia Trader Pleads Guilty To Largest Known Computer Hacking And Trading Scheme More Than 150,000 Press Releases Stolen from Three Major Newswire Companies Used to Generate Approximately $30 Million in Illegal Trading Profits Earlier today, Leonid Momotok, of Suwanee, Georgia, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in an international scheme

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