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Chinese spy posed as researcher in spear-phishing campaign targeting NASA to steal defense software

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Feed Name: Security Affairs

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2026-04-27

Date Updated: 2026-04-27

Author: Pierluigi Paganini

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A Chinese national allegedly ran a multi-year spear-phishing campaign impersonating U.S. researchers to obtain export-controlled aerospace software and source code from NASA, the U.S. military, universities, and private firms; he is indicted on multiple counts of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, is tied to state-owned AVIC, and remains at large.

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