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An advisor got arrested for giving Federal Reserve trade secrets to China.

-First thought is, “why does a central bank even have trade secrets?” In that case, the central bank probably isn’t as transparent as it should be.

-Second thought is, “maybe it’s info they have on specific banks rather than their own trade secrets.” In that case the Fed collected trade secrets and then got breached, becoming a third party security hole.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-federal-reserve-adviser-arrested-passing-trade-secrets-china-justice-2025-01-31/

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Cykros 11mo ago

I think even something as simple as the specific factors they're using to determine monetary policy by could reasonably be considered trade secrets if they're specific enough, if it provided the means of knowing in advance where fed funds target is going to be. Which is of course actionable MNPI to trade with.

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