st1nger :unverified: 🏴☠️ :linux: :freebsd:<p>A Silicon Valley <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of trade secrets worth hundreds of millions of dollars, including crucial <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>.<br>San Jose-based Chenguang Gong, a 59-year-old dual <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> and American citizen, admitted downloading over 3,600 documents from two electronics manufacturers and storing them on personal storage drives. Some of the documents he downloaded included information on sensors used by aircraft to confuse infrared-seeking missiles. Others describe radiation-hardened cameras that the US placed in orbit to give an early warning of rocket launches and track <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hypersonic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypersonic</span></a> vehicles.<br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/engineer_admits_trade_theft/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/07/22/eng</span><span class="invisible">ineer_admits_trade_theft/</span></a></p>