The US Justice Department on Tuesday (Jul 21) indicted two Chinese nationals over their role in what the agency called a decade-long cyber ...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday indicted two Chinese nationals over their role in what the agency called a decade-long cyber espionage campaign that targeted defense contractors, COVID researchers and hundreds of other victims worldwide.
"In this manner, China has now taken its place, alongside Russia, Iran, and North Korea, in that shameful club of nations that provides safe haven for cybercriminals in exchange for those criminals being on call for the benefit of the state." The Chinese Embassy in Washington referred Reuters to recent Chinese Foreign Ministry comments that"China has long been a major victim of cyber thefts and attacks" and its officials"firmly oppose and fight" such activities.The indictment mostly did not name any companies or individual targets, but U.S. Attorney William Hyslop, who spoke alongside Demers, cited"hundreds and hundreds of victims in the United States and worldwide.
A July 7 indictment made public on Tuesday alleges that Li and Dong were contractors for China's Ministry of State Security, or MSS, a comparable agency to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The MSS, prosecutors said, supplied the hackers with information into critical software vulnerabilities to penetrate targets and collect intelligence. Targets included Hong Kong protesters, the office of the Dalai Lama and a Chinese Christian non-profit.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
US Republicans to push for US$1 trillion COVID-19 relief packagePresident Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers in Congress laid out their priorities for new coronavirus legislation on Monday, while Democrats ...
Read more »
US companies fear workplace COVID-19 precautions do not address airborne riskU.S. companies are raising new questions about how they can make workplaces safe after the world’s top public health agency acknowledged the risk ...
Read more »
Uber offers COVID-19 contact tracing help amid chaotic US responseUber Technologies Inc has quietly launched a service to give public health officials quick access to data on drivers and riders presumed to have ...
Read more »
U.S. COVID-19 deaths rise for second week in a rowThe country reported over 460,000 new coronavirus cases last week, up nearly 15% from the prior week, according to the analysis of data from The COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer-run effort to track the outbreak. Nineteen states have reported increases in deaths for at least two straight weeks, including
Read more »
US accuses Chinese nationals of hacking spree targeting COVID data, defense secretsThe U.S. Justice Department is indicting two Chinese nationals for hacking defense contractors, COVID researchers, and other companies worldwide.
Read more »
US COVID-19 crisis to 'get worse before it gets better': TrumpA somber President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that the coronavirus crisis in the United States is likely to 'get worse before it gets better.'
Read more »