Top Gun takeover: Stolen F-35 secrets showing up in China's stealth fighter

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/13/f-35-secrets-now-showing-chinas-stealth-fighter/

By Bill Gertz
Washington Free Beacon
March 13, 2014

A cyber espionage operation by China seven years ago produced sensitive 
technology and aircraft secrets that were incorporated into the latest 
version of China’s new J-20 stealth fighter jet, according to U.S. 
officials and private defense analysts.

The Chinese cyber spying against the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II 
took place in 2007 under what U.S. intelligence agencies codenamed 
Operation Byzantine Hades, a large-scale, multi-year cyber program that 
targeted governments and industry.

Defense officials said the stolen data was obtained by a Chinese military 
unit called a Technical Reconnaissance Bureau in the Chengdu province. The 
data was then passed to the state-run Aviation Industry Corp. of China 
(AVIC).

An AVIC subsidiary, the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, used the stolen 
data in building the J-20, said defense and intelligence officials 
familiar with reports of the illicit tech transfer.

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