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TEHRAN, October 11 - The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it had arrested and indicted a spy for China's Ministry of State Security on charges of economic espionage and attempting to steal trade secrets from several U.S. aviation and aerospace companies.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Chinese operative Xu Yanjun was detained in Belgium in April after a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe and extradited to the United States on Tuesday. The Washington Post reported he was lured to Belgium by U.S. agents.
The FBI called it an unprecedented extradition and said the indictment showed the direct oversight of China's government in economic espionage against the United States.
The charges come as Washington increases pressure on Beijing over its trade policies and alleged theft of U.S. intellectual property.
Cybersecurity experts said the arrest was another sign of the escalating trade tensions between the two countries, adding they had seen increasing espionage by Beijing for business advantage.
"China is actively engaging in targeted and persistent intrusion attempts against multiple sectors of the economy, including biotech, defense, mining, pharmaceutical, professional services, transportation and more," said CrowdStrike Chief Technology Officer Dmitri Alperovitch.
Source: Reuters
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