A Chinese man has pleaded
guilty in a “years-long” conspiracy to hack into U.S. networks to steal sensitive
information, including data on the C-17 cargo plane and fighter jet aircraft,
the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
Su Bin, also known as Stephen Su and Stephen
Subin, 50, a citizen and resident of the People’s Republic of China, pleaded guilty
to the crime in the United States District Court for the Central District of
California, according to a press release from the department.
A China-based businessman who
worked in the aviation and aerospace fields, Su is accused of playing a role
“in the criminal conspiracy to steal military technical data, including data
relating to the C-17 strategic transport aircraft and certain fighter jets
produced for the U.S. military,”