A researcher at the University of Virginia who was arrested while trying to board a plane to China with allegedly stolen research has been charged with federal crimes, including theft of trade secrets, the Justice Department announced Friday…
University of California Pays Over $1M to Ransomware Gang…
A ransomware gang has struck gold again, this time for more than $1 million. The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) announced on June 26 that it paid $1.14 million to a ransomware group. “We … made the difficult decision to pay some portion of the ransom, approximately $1.14 million, to the individuals behind the […]
Yet Another Chinese Official Arrested After Trying to the Leave the U.S. with a Cache of Scientific Material…
A Chinese military officer is accused of trying to leave the United States with a cache of scientific research conducted at a California university. Xin Wang, a high-ranking member of the People’s Liberation Army, was arrested Monday and charged with making false claims on his visa application. Wang arrived in the U.S. in March 2019 […]
Here’s a List of Professors and Researchers at American Colleges Who Secretly Sold Intellectual Property to the Communist Party of China…
Throughout the last year, the Justice Department has been cracking down on Chinese government influence in the U.S., with a focus on college campuses, where many researchers and professors have been caught hiding their ties to the Chinese government, accepting funding from China, and selling secret information. In 2020 alone, several professors were charged with […]
College Admissions Scandal Sparks Probe of 8 Schools by U.S. Education Department…
Eight universities ensnared in the nationwide college admissions scheme in which 50 people were criminally charged are now being investigated by the U.S Education Department, according to an official with knowledge of the investigation. The “preliminary investigation” by the department is focused on whether there were any violations regarding federal student financial aid programs administered […]
AUDIT: Univ of California’s Pres, Janet Napolitano, Paying Excessive Salaries and Mishandling of Funds…
The administration of the University of California system pays top workers salaries significantly higher than that of similar state employees, has provided millions of dollars in benefits not typical to the public sector and failed to disclose to the Board of Regents and the public that it had $175 million in budget reserve funds, a […]
U.C. San Francisco IT Staff Lays Off 20 Percent of Staff…Jobs Then Outsourced to India…
About a dozen UC San Francisco tech workers have protested on their last day over the university’s decision to lay off 20 percent of its IT staff, and outsource their work to a company in India. “There are many, many ways to save money,” Bob Zhang, who spent 20 years as a programming analyst at […]