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erosram t1_j4rp3px wrote

“According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) indictment, the US citizen hid confidential files stolen from his employers in the binary code of a digital photograph of a sunset, which Mr Zheng then mailed to himself.”

Dang, one researcher said that one Chinese coworker they had spent so much time with, that they were like best friends and their kids grew up together, turned out to be on the communist pay roll.

Looks like they’re targeting every industry, from big cities to small towns in America right now. Didn’t realize it was this bad.

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antigonemerlin t1_j4t8rbx wrote

>the US citizen hid confidential files stolen from his employers in the binary code of a digital photograph of a sunset, which Mr Zheng then mailed to himself

That reads like something out of a spy novel. You'd think from xkcd that nobody actually uses advanced cryptography in real life, but here we are.

On a related note, China is amping up its recruiting efforts in Canada too. I had the good sense to stay as far away as possible from the very sad people who act as CCP mouthpieces, but when you see it in the real world...

You know the old saying that it's a recession when your neighbor loses their job? I don't know what the equivalent is for espionage, but this has just gotten real.

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Amondupe t1_j4u8cdl wrote

>Dang, one researcher said that one Chinese coworker they had spent so much time with, that they were like best friends and their kids grew up together, turned out to be on the communist pay roll.

Are there any cases where such espionage is done by non-Chinese origin Americans? If so, what is the split.

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