Chinese Hacker Charged With Stealing U.S. Defense Contractor Secrets

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http://www.eweek.com/security/chinese-hacker-charged-with-stealing-u.s.-defense-contractor-secrets.html

By Sean Michael Kerner
eWEEK.com
2014-07-14

The FBI gets Canadian authorities to hold a Canadian-Chinese resident on 
charges of stealing information from U.S. defense contractors, including 
Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

Not all Chinese hackers are actually in China. Case in point is a newly 
revealed case against Su Bin, who is alleged to have been stealing secrets 
from U.S. defense contractors, including Boeing and Lockheed Martin. 
According to a Canadian media report in The Province, Su was arrested in 
Richmond, British Columbia, on June 28 and has a bail hearing set for July 
18. Su was arrested after the U.S. government made a request to the 
Canadian government to apprehend Su on allegations of computer hacking. Su 
had been seeking to gain permanent resident status in Canada.

According to the criminal complaint, Su is the owner of Lode-Tech, a 
China-based company that also has an office in Canada.

The United States alleges that since at least August 2009, Su worked with 
a pair of unnamed hackers to collect data from U.S. companies. The 
targeted information includes data on the Boeing C-17 strategic transport 
aircraft as well as the Lockheed Martin F-22 and F-35 fighter jets.

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