US EditionFormer Google Engineer Convicted of Stealing GPU and TPU Trade Secrets for 'Chinese Interests' — Tried to Raise Funding for His Own Start-Up
This story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.6 Articles
6 Articles
Former Google Engineer Convicted in U.S. for Stealing AI Trade Secrets to Aid China-Based Startup
A former Google software engineer has been found guilty in the United States for unlawfully taking thousands of confidential Google documents to support a technology venture in China, according to an announcement made by the Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday. Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, aged 38, was convicted by a federal jury on 14 charges—seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets. Prosecutors…
technewstube.com
Tom's HardwareFormer Google engineer convicted of stealing GPU and TPU trade secrets for 'Chinese interests' — tried to raise funding for his own start-up
A federal jury in San Francisco has convicted a former Google engineer of stealing confidential AI infrastructure data and transferring it to benefit Chinese interests.
AI Arms Race Targets Google TPUs as DOJ Charges Ex-Googler with Espionage
The AI arms race is now in full swing, and corporate espionage is reaching levels beyond what we previously imagined. According to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), former Google software engineer Linwei Ding has been convicted of economic espionage and theft of confidential AI technology, specifically related to Google Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). An FBI investigation revealed that the ex-Googler was suspected of stealing inform…
While the world follows breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, in federal court in San Francisco the dark side of the race for technological dominance was exposed. Linwei (Leon) Ding, a former senior Google software engineer, was convicted this week of a string of serious espionage offences after passing to China the search giant's “kingdom secrets.” The modus operandi: theft under the nose According to an official announcement from the US De…
U.S. convicts ex-Google engineer for sending AI tech data to China - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News
A U.S. federal jury has convicted Linwei Ding, a former software engineer at Google, for stealing AI supercomputer data from his employer and secretly sharing it with Chinese tech firms. Ding was originally indicted in March 2024 after he lied and didn’t sincerely cooperate with Google’s internal investigation, leading to his arrest in California. According to the prosecutors, between May 2022 and April 2023, Ding stole over 2,000 pages of confi…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- There is no tracked Bias information for the sources covering this story.
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
