SF News Former Twitter Employee Sentenced to Three and a Half Years In Saudi Espionage Case A former Twitter media partnerships manager who took bribes from a representative for the Saudi royal family in exchange for sensitive data about dissidents has been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison.
SF News As FBI Cracks Down On Chinese Spies In Academia, One Researcher Is Reportedly Hiding Out at Consulate In SF The case appears to be part of a broad program in which visiting Chinese scientists are being recalled by the Chinese military, several of whom have been detained at U.S. airports in recent weeks.
SF News Accused Chinese Spy In Bay Area Linked To Possible Hotel Scheme Involving Chinese Investors In newly released, partially redacted search warrants in the federal prosecution of a Hayward man for Chinese-backed espionage, there's a new wrinkle being revealed involving the purchases of $20 million worth of hotel properties in and around the Bay Area.
Business & Tech Two Former Twitter Employees Accused of Spying For Saudi Arabia The U.S. government has accused two former Twitter employees of spying on behalf of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia via their access to sensitive Twitter user data.
SF News Lisa Ling's Sister, a Spy? The two CurrentTV journalists detained in North Korea, reporter Laura Ling photographer Euna Kim, are under investigation by authorities for espionage. While allegedly being treated well in captivity (at least according to North
