NASA Employees Duped in Chinese Phishing Scheme Targeting U.S. Defense Software

The NASA Office of Inspector General reported that a Chinese national, identified as Song Wu and linked to AVIC, conducted a multi-year spear-phishing campaign (2017–2021) impersonating U.S. engineers to obtain export-controlled aerospace and defense modeling software from NASA, military agencies, universities, and companies; he was indicted in 2024 on wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges and remains at large.