U.S. engineer contacted China before stealing missile tracking tech, DOJ says (international espionage)
- Federal prosecutors charged an engineer who worked at a Los Angeles-area company with stealing trade secret technologies developed for use by the U.S. government in space to detect nuclear missile launches and to track ballistic and hypersonic missiles.
- The DOJ said that technology allegedly stolen by 57-year-old Chenguang Gong would be “dangerous to U.S. national security if obtained by international actors.”
- Los Angeles U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said that Gong previously sought to provide the People’s Republic of China with information that would help the nation’s military.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/07/doj-us-engineer-contacted-china-before-stealing-missile-tech.html