Chinese Intellectual Property Theft a ‘Significant Risk’Security Expert [Video]

Chinese government theft of U.S. intellectual property remains a “significant risk”, with several high-profile cases in recent months, a security analyst has said.

Scott Tosi, an analyst at security consultancy Nisos Intelligence, told Newsweek that infiltration remains a threat in both business and universities.

Targets in recent years have included everything from artificial intelligence to car manufacture, but involve only a tiny fraction of the Chinese-born employees in the U.S. The FBI has been warning of the problem for at least a decade.

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Committee on Capitol Hill on January 31, 2024 in Washington, D.C. The committee heard from intelligence…Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

“U.S.-employed Chinese national intellectual property theft continues to be a significant risk to both the private sector and academia,” Tosi said.

“As recently as March 2024, the DOJ charged California-based Chinese national Linwei …