Congressmen Ron Wright (TX-06) and Marc Veasey (TX-33) introduced H.R. 6917, the bipartisan Airport Infrastructure Resources (AIR) Security Act to prevent China, and their state-sponsored enterprises to infiltrate critical systems and carry out espionage and intellectual property (IP) theft.
The White House released this week a plan of action aimed at coordinating and improving the government efforts to protect trade secrets against foreign competitors.
A Californian software company which sued the Chinese government for pirating its products was targeted by hackers from that country for the three years of the resulting legal proceedings.
The Chinese telecom company is facing fears of both equipment vulnerabilities and national security threats as it seeks to expand its business to Australia, the UK, India and the U.S.
The Department of Justice May 23 charged a Chinese national with illegally exporting to China sensors made in the U.S. and used to produce weapons grade uranium.
During a significant period of time, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce computer network was hacked into by people using hundreds of Internet addresses but linked to a group in China. One goal was copying emails of chamber staffers who cover Asian businesses.