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Chinese National Sentenced To Prison For Conspiracy To Hack Defense Contractor Systems

Friday, July 15th, 2016

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Chinese National Sentenced To Prison For Conspiracy To Hack Defense Contractor Systems

A Chinese national who conspired with Chinese military officers to hack into U.S. defense contractor computer networks and stole military technical data was sentenced on Wednesday to 46 months in federal prison, according to the Justice Department.The conspirator, Su Bin (also known as Stephen Su and Stephen Subin), a China-based businessman in the aviation and aerospace fields, previously pleaded guilty on March 23 to one count of conspiring to gain unauthorized access to a protected computer and to violate the…

Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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Congress

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