A federal jury recently found a former Google engineer guilty on several charges of trade secret theft and economic espionage, in a first-ever conviction of AI-related economic espionage charges. The ...

A federal jury in San Francisco found a former Google software engineer guilty of espionage and theft of trade secrets in the first-ever espionage conviction related to AI. Following an 11-day trial, ...

FILE - A man walks past Google's offices in London's Kings Cross area, on Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Melley, File) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Former Google software engineer Linwei Ding stole ...

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On January 29, 2026, a federal jury in San Francisco convicted former Google software engineer Linwei Ding on seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets. He was ...

The Google office with logo signage at the main entrance in Pancras Square, London, England, United Kingdom, on Dec, 26, 2025. (Michael Nguyen / NurPhoto via AFP) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — In closing ...

Three former engineers were charged Thursday with stealing trade secrets from Google and other tech companies and sending the information to Iran. Two sisters, 41-year-old Samaneh Ghandali and 32-year ...

Three Silicon Valley engineers are facing several charges after allegedly stealing trade secrets from Google and other companies and sending them to Iran. The engineers, Samaneh Ghandali, 41, Soroor ...