Ex-Google Engineer Arrested for Stealing AI Technology Secrets for China
Ex-Google Engineer Arrested for Stealing AI Technology Secrets for China
07 March 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the indictment of a 38-year-old Chinese national and a California resident of allegedly stealing proprietary information from Google while covertly working for two China-based tech companies.
Linwei Ding (aka Leon Ding), a former Google engineer who was arrested on March 6, 2024, "transferred sensitive Google trade secrets and other confidential