U.S. Companies Are at Risk of Spying by Their Own Workers

(New York Times) — Huang Kexue, federal authorities say, is a new kind of spy.  For five years, Mr. Huang was a scientist at a Dow Chemical lab in Indiana, studying ways to improve insecticides. But before he was fired in 2008, Mr. Huang began sharing Dow’s secrets with Chinese researchers, authorities say, then obtained grants from a state-run foundation in Chinawith the goal of starting a rival business there.  Now, Mr. Huang, who was born in China and is a legal United States resident, faces a rare criminal charge — that he engaged in economic espionage on China’s behalf.

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