Researchers have uncovered a series of cyber-attacks
targeting government agencies and research institutions around the world. But unlike
recent high-profile incidents, China has not been blamed.
Attackers targeted 47 victims including space-related
government agencies, diplomatic missions, research institutions and companies
located in 61 countries, including Russia, India, Mongolia, Vietnam and the Commonwealth
of Independent States (former Soviet Union countries), Trend Micro researchers
wrote in a Sept. 22 blog. Trend Micro classified the attack as an advanced
persistent threat and said a total of 1,465 computers had been targeted,
including the ones belonging to the Russian Federal Space Agency.
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By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff
American Superconductor Corp. in Devens today charged that a Chinese wind turbine maker hired a former American Superconductor employee to steal its technology.
In a regulatory filing, American Superconductor said it has filed suit in China and is in process of filing criminal complaints against Sinovel Wind Group Co., once American Superconductor’s largest customer. American Superconductor said it discovered the corporate espionage through an internal investigation and a criminal investigation by Austrian law enforcement authorities.
The former employee was arrested in Austria in July and charged with economic espionage, American Superconductor said. The company said the former employee stole software source code used to control wind turbines and passed it to Sinovel.
“We are taking legal action against Sinovel based on its contractual breaches and strong evidence of its criminal misconduct,’’ said American Superconductor chief executive Daniel McGahn said in a statement last night.
The complaints follow months of problems that American Superconductor has had with Sinovel.
Earlier this year, the Devens company cut its workforce by 30 percent, or 150 jobs, citing contract issues with Sinovel. The Chinese wind turbine maker refused to accept shipments for which it was contracted amid talk that it was shifting its business to another supplier.
American Superconductor said yesterday that it would be seeking monetary damages from Sinovel.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey congressman has called on the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate New York Police Department intelligence-gathering programs that mapped and monitored Muslim neighborhoods in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
An Associated Press investigation recently revealed the existence of a secret NYPD team that used plainclothes officers to eavesdrop inside Muslim businesses and maintained a list of 28 countries that, along with “American Black Muslim,” it considered “ancestries of interest.”
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“Based on suspicions that were raised in mid-June, we began working closely with law enforcement,’’ chief executive Daniel McGahn said yesterday. “Have no doubt: We are determined to protect our intellectual property and the interests of our shareholders.’’
The former American Superconductor employee, who as not named in the documents, was arrested in Austria in July and charged with economic espionage. He is awaiting trial, the company said. The former staffer stole software source code used to control wind turbines and passed it to Sinovel, the company said. Sinovel could not be reached for comment.
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/16 Sept) — The New People’s Army’s Front 88 in the hinterlands of Bukidnon province has admitted to arresting six peddlers of sleeping mats for alleged espionage.
In a telephone interview Friday, Ariel Inda Magbanwag, spokesperson for NPA’s Bukidnon-North Central Mindanao Area, said the peddlers, reported missing for over a month now, were caught doing surveillance work while selling their wares door-to-door.
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