- Jan 24, 2011
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Huang Yu, 48, was sentenced to death after Chinese officials discovered he was selling classified documents to an unidentified foreign intelligence agency, Shanghai Daily reports citing a China Central Television (CCTV) news broadcast.
Between 2002 and 2004, Huang worked as a computer technician for a governmental research institute in China’s Sichuan Province. In 2004, Huang was fired from this institute for poor performance.
Following his abrupt dismissal, Huang decided to contact a foreign intelligence agency via the Internet and offered to sell classified documents that he obtained from his former workplace and had copies of at home.
Huang recruited his wife and brother-in-law
Huang then met with foreign agents over 21 times and transmitted over 150,000 classified documents that contained information about a cipher system developed at the research institute he worked for, but also about China's Communist Party leadership and the country's military and financial operations.
Huang collaborated with the agency until 2011, and he received $10,000 (€8,850) as an initial fee and then a monthly salary of $5,000 (€4,400). During his partnership and up until being arrested, Huang made over $700,000 (€620,000).
At one point, after seeing his collection of stolen file deplete, Huang also enlisted his wife and brother-in-law to help exfiltrate new files. Huang's had a job at a similar research institute while his brother-in-law was an employee at the same institute where Huang also worked in the past.
Read More: Chinese National Sentenced to Death After Leaking 150,000 Classified Files
Between 2002 and 2004, Huang worked as a computer technician for a governmental research institute in China’s Sichuan Province. In 2004, Huang was fired from this institute for poor performance.
Following his abrupt dismissal, Huang decided to contact a foreign intelligence agency via the Internet and offered to sell classified documents that he obtained from his former workplace and had copies of at home.
Huang recruited his wife and brother-in-law
Huang then met with foreign agents over 21 times and transmitted over 150,000 classified documents that contained information about a cipher system developed at the research institute he worked for, but also about China's Communist Party leadership and the country's military and financial operations.
Huang collaborated with the agency until 2011, and he received $10,000 (€8,850) as an initial fee and then a monthly salary of $5,000 (€4,400). During his partnership and up until being arrested, Huang made over $700,000 (€620,000).
At one point, after seeing his collection of stolen file deplete, Huang also enlisted his wife and brother-in-law to help exfiltrate new files. Huang's had a job at a similar research institute while his brother-in-law was an employee at the same institute where Huang also worked in the past.
Read More: Chinese National Sentenced to Death After Leaking 150,000 Classified Files
