50-year-old Chinese national Su Bin faces five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for his involvement in a plot to steal information pertaining to fighter jets intended for use by US military forces. Bin, a businessman involved in the aviation and aerospace sector, worked with two people in China between October 2008 and March 2014 to break into aircraft manufacturer Boeing’s Orange County systems and other networks. The team sought to access sensitive military information about C-17 strategic transport aircraft and a number of fighter jets designed for American military forces. Bin pointed his co-conspirators to the relevant networks…
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