In 2010, Chinese hackers targeted Westinghouse Electric Company during its construction of power plants in China

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In 2010, Chinese hackers targeted Westinghouse Electric Company during its construction of power plants in China

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"Additionally, in 2010 and 2011... Sun stole sensitive, non-public, and deliberative e-mails belonging to senior decision-makers responsible for Westinghouse’s business relationship with SOE-1."
"In 2010, while Westinghouse was building four AP1000 power plants in China... Sun stole confidential and proprietary technical and design specifications for pipes, pipe supports, and pipe routing within the AP1000 plant buildings."

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Cybersecurity tensions rise with US accusations of Chinese hacking and IP theft.