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Isn’t this worth more than $13 million? Is anyone going to go to jail?


The article mentions it was for specific parts that are commercially available. The headline makes it sound like a whole plane's schematics were leaked.


The headline is editorialized, and very inaccurately at that.


Honeywell reported their violation to the government. It is in the governments best interest to not overly punish them as it could lead to companies being incentivized to hide violations instead of reporting them as soon as they become aware of them. Although I do think $13 million is a bit low even when accounting for this.


My understanding is that the drawings were very high-level illustrations, not technical schematics.


It sounds like it may have been a little more specific.

> Honeywell allegedly used a file-sharing platform to inappropriately transmit engineering prints showing layouts, dimensions and geometries for manufacturing castings and finished parts for multiple aircraft, military electronics and gas turbine engines.


> Between 2011 and 2015, Honeywell allegedly used a file-sharing platform to inappropriately transmit engineering prints showing layouts, dimensions and geometries for manufacturing castings and finished parts for multiple aircraft, military electronics and gas turbine engines.


No, because of the new rule. If you voluntarily disclose your crimes, (or better yet brag about them on social media), it's not a crime anymore.




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