Security News > 2021 > July > Combating China's Insider Threat: Can New Laws Curb IP Theft by Foreign Spies?
Theft of U.S. IP is a fundamental part of China's stated intention to be the world leader in science and technology by 2050.
The Safeguarding American Innovation Act is designed to prevent foreign powers - and especially China - from stealing or unlawfully acquiring U.S. federally funded research.
Jon Ford, MD of global government services & insider threat risk solutions at Mandiant told SecurityWeek that we should not pin it all on China - everybody does this to everybody else.
Mandiant's Ford explains that any researcher working in China will get caught up in the Chinese intelligence laws.
These people are usually native Chinese citizens who intend to return to China and are consequently still bound by the Chinese laws.
In December 2016, Yu Long, was charged with the theft of numerous sensitive military program documents from United Technologies and transporting them to China.