DICE Roundup 29 June

[episode not longer available] National Classification Management Society – the Society of Industrial Security Professionals —————– United Technologies sent military copter tech to China (Reuters) United Technologies Corp on Thursday admitted selling China software that helped Beijing develop its first modern military attack helicopter, one of hundreds of export control violations over nearly two decades. At […]

Foreign spying against U.S. companies on the rise, FBI says

Take-away quote: “What we’re seeing is that foreign nations and their intelligence services are understanding more than ever before that it’s cheaper to steal our technology than to use their budget resources in this time of economic crisis to develop it themselves.”—Frank Figliuzzi, chief of FBI’s counterintelligence division Foreign spying against U.S. companies on the rise, […]

United Technologies acknowledges coverup of sale of military software to China

Outrageous! United Technologies acknowledges coverup of sale of military software to China (Washington Post) United Technologies, a major defense contractor, and two of its subsidiaries on Thursday acknowledged covering up the illicit sale of sensitive military software to China — technology that the country later used to develop its first attack helicopter. Federal prosecutors announced […]