Recently, crimes such as data leakage and theft have become a nightmare, especially for large companies. A similar attempt happened to Meta in the past months. Now, Google and its former employee are on the agenda. A former Google engineer is accused of stealing the company’s top-secret AI data. Here are the details…
Former Google engineer accused of stealing confidential data!
According to reports in Chinese and American local media, Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, was tried in California on 4 separate charges and was arrested last Wednesday. In the Chinese press, which has been abuzz about the issue for a long time, the person had top secret artificial intelligence data reportedly belonging to Google.
The data he was accused of stealing included confidential information about the infrastructure of Google’s supercomputing data centers used to host and train large artificial intelligence models. While allegations that 500 different confidential files were stolen continue, Google launched a large-scale investigation into the stolen data. In addition, applications were made to all necessary authorities.
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Leon Ding, the Chinese man arrested on Wednesday, was hired at Google in 2019. His primary duties and responsibilities included the development of the aforementioned artificial intelligence model. According to Google, Leon Ding started transferring the mentioned confidential files to his own Google account starting from 2022.
However, the data breach was not limited to just that. He is also reportedly affiliated with Beijing Rongshu Lianzhi Technology, a Chinese technology company. In addition to the company offering a significant salary to be the chief technology officer, it was also reported that he opened a company of his own. It is claimed that Ding shared data with this and other similar technology companies.