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US feds say trade secrets with security implications stolen, accessed from Iran

By Melissa Ritti ( February 20, 2026, 20:07 GMT | Insight) -- On the heels of Linwei Ding’s conviction last month for criminal trade secret theft — and amid rising US tension with the Middle East — three Iranian nationals were indicted this week in California for stealing cutting-edge technologies with national security implications from Google. Qualcomm could be another victim.A federal grand jury has indicted three Silicon Valley engineers — Samaneh Ghandali, Mohammadjavad Khosravi and Soroor Ghandali — on charges of conspiracy to commit trade secret theft, trade secret theft, attempted trade secret theft and obstruction of justice....

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