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6th Circuit Upholds 20-year Sentence of Chinese Spy, Convicted of Espionage Crimes, Attempting to Steal Trade Secrets

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On August 7, 2024, the 6th Circuit upheld a Chinese spy’s twenty-year prison sentence for attempting to steal aviation trade secrets from General Electric (GE). Yanjun Xu, a deputy director in China’s Ministry of State...more

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Executive Order Restricts Foreign Access to U.S. Data, Citing National Security Risks

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On February 28, 2024, President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14117 titled “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern.” On March 5,...more

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Spy Games: How Insider/Outsider Threats Have Become the Newest Cybersecurity Legal Risk

Cybersecurity does not just pose technical challenges; companies must always keep their eye on the human component of cyber risk.  For example, even the most damaging and sophisticated hacks – such as the recent Twitter hacks...more

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Coordinated Hackers Infiltrate 200 Targeted Employees’ LinkedIn Networks

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Cybersecurity researchers at the Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit (“Dell CTU”) uncovered a network of approximately 25 fake LinkedIn profiles that Dell CTU believes were used by an Iran-linked hacker group to establish at...more

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Project CAMERASHY Details Cyberespionage By China’s Military

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In a story reminiscent of a Tom Clancy plot, the Wall Street Journal reported last Thursday on “meticulously documented” cyberespionage conducted by China’s People’s Liberation Army (“PLA”) Unit 78020 to further strategic...more

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