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Google engineer caught stealing AI tech secrets for Chinese firms

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STIX ID: report--7cf550bb-8826-5407-8045-af7c7eddf0a2

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2024-03-07

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Bill Toulas

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The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment accusing former Google engineer Linwei (Leon) Ding of stealing more than 500 proprietary files related to Google's AI infrastructure (GPU/TPU architectures, related software, and a cluster management system) and transferring them to two China-based companies while concealing his affiliations and travel; he was arrested and faces criminal charges and potential prison time and fines.

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