Ex-Google Employee Charged With Stealing AI Trade Secrets, Faces 175 Years in Jail
The U.S. Department of Justice has accused former Google engineer Linwei Ding of leaking trade secrets to Chinese firms in an indictment.
Chinese national accused of stealing AI secrets from Google facing new charges
A Chinese national who has been indicted for allegedly stealing AI secrets from Google is facing additional charges, federal prosecutors said.
Linwei Ding Charged with Stealing Google AI Trade Secrets
A serious case of economic espionage has emerged, involving a former Google engineer, Linwei (Leon) Ding, who is accused of stealing valuable trade secrets from the tech giant. Ding, originally from China,
US prosecutors indict ex-Google software engineer for stealing AI secrets to benefit Chinese employers
Linwei Ding, a former Google engineer, has been accused by US prosecutors of stealing AI trade secrets to benefit two Chinese companies. The Chinese national faces a 14-count indictment with charges of economic espionage and theft of trade secrets.
Former Google engineer faces new US charges he stole AI secrets for Chinese companies
Prosecutors say Ding stole information about the hardware infrastructure and software platform that lets Google's supercomputing data centers train large AI models
Ex-Google Engineer Accused Of Being A Tech Spy, Stealing AI Secrets For Chinese Companies
US prosecutors dropped some serious charges on Tuesday, hitting former Google software engineer Linwei Ding with a 14-count indictment. They’re accusing him of stealing AI trade secrets to help out two Chinese companies he was allegedly working for on the sly.
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US cranks up espionage charges against ex-Googler accused of trade secrets heist
Linwei Ding, 38, known to colleagues as Leon Ding, is accused of stealing and transmitting back to Chinese companies more than a thousand files related to Google's proprietary AI work between 2022 and 2023.
Google's former engineer faces spying charges for China
Linwei Ding, a former Google software engineer, now faces multiple charges of economic espionage and theft of trade secrets in the US. The DOJ claims
Google software engineer accused of stealing AI technology for China
A former Google software engineer stole artificial intelligence (AI) technology from the Silicon Valley tech giant, prosecutors said Tuesday. A federal grand jury returned an indictment Tuesday charging 38-year-old Linwei Ding,
Former Google Engineer Indicted for Stealing AI Trade Secrets for China
U.S. prosecutors have expanded charges against former Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) software engineer Linwei Leon Ding, accusing him of stealing AI trade secrets to benefit Chinese companies. The federal grand jury in
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Ex-Google Engineer Faces New US Charges
Former Google software engineer Linwei Ding was charged by U.S. authorities on Tuesday with stealing trade secrets related to artificial intelligence for two Chinese companies he was covertly employed ...
US charges ex-Googler with espionage to boost AI in China
Linwei Ding, a Chinese national who joined Google in 2019 and also goes by Leon Ding, allegedly stole technology involving ...
Ex-Googler charged by US with espionage to boost AI in China
If convicted, Ding faces as long as 15 years in prison for each count of economic espionage, and up to 10 years for each of ...