Cyber Warfare Episode Plays Out in Court Case
Two-Year Legal Saga Of Chinese Cyber Hack Of U.S. Military Aircraft May Be Ending
China’s FC-31 jet fighter project, though a twin-engine design, is believed to be dependent on data on the U.S. F-35 that 
was derived by cyber-sleuthing.
China’s FC-31 jet fighter project, though a twin-engine design, is believed to be dependent on data on the U.S. F-35 that was derived by cyber-sleuthing.

On 28 June 2014, a Chinese businessman based in Canada was arrested on the charge of stealing information about a raft of U.S. military aircraft and weapon systems. This particular case of industrial espionage was described by the U.S. Justice Department as being “unusual for the tremendous amounts of data that is involved.” According to e-mails that were obtained by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), “tremendous amounts” came to more than 65 gigabytes over one specifically identified two-year period and involved “dozens of U.S. military projects.”