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On Monday, the United States again accused China of cyberattacks. But these attacks were highly aggressive, and they reveal that China has transformed into a far more sophisticated and mature digital adversary than the one that flummoxed U.S. officials a decade ago.
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Last week, China announced a new policy requiring Chinese security researchers to notify the state within two days when they found security holes, such as the “zero-days” that the country relied on in the breach of Microsoft Exchange systems.
Nearly a decade ago, the United States began naming and shaming China for an onslaught of online espionage, the bulk of it conducted using low-level phishing emails against American companies for intellectual property theft.
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Chinese and U.S. flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing, China January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
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WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuters) - Four Chinese nationals have been charged in a global hacking campaign aimed at dozens of companies, universities and government agencies in the United States and abroad, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
The charges were announced as the United States and a coalition of allies on Monday accused China s Ministry of State Security of a global cyber hacking campaign, specifically attributing a large Microsoft attack disclosed earlier this year to hackers working on Beijing s behalf. read more
US Charges 4 Chinese Nationals in Hacking Campaign
20 Jul 2021, 05:05 GMT+10
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Department on Monday announced charges against three Chinese intelligence officers and a Chinese computer hacker in connection with an unlawful cyber campaign that pilfered trade secrets and confidential information from dozens of companies, universities and government entities in the United States and 11 other countries between 2011 and 2018.
The theft included information about sensitive technologies, that was of significant economic benefit to China s companies and commercial sectors, the department said, adding that the hackers targeted research institutes and universities to steal infectious-disease research on Ebola, MERS, and HIV/AIDS.
A May 28 indictment unsealed Monday identifies four Chinese nationals as suspects in an international hacking scheme. COURTESY PHOTO Â
SAN DIEGO â A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging four nationals and residents of the Peopleâs Republic of China with a campaign to hack into the computer systems of dozens of victim companies, universities and government entities in the United States and abroad between 2011 and 2018, U.S. Attorneyâs Office for the Southern District of California announced at a press conference Monday.
The indictment, which was returned May 28 and unsealed by court order on Monday, alleges that much of the conspiracyâs theft was focused on information that was of significant economic benefit to Chinaâs companies and commercial sectors, including information that would allow the circumvention of lengthy and resource-intensive research and development processes.
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The defendants allegedly belonged to and worked for the Hainan State Security Department, described in the indictment as a provincial foreign intelligence arm of the People s Republic of China s Ministry of State Security. (Shutterstock)
SAN DIEGO, CA Federal prosecutors in San Diego announced charges Monday against four Chinese nationals accused of taking part in a campaign to hack into the computer systems of various entities across the globe in order to steal information for the benefit of the Chinese government.
The defendants allegedly belonged to and worked for the Hainan State Security Department, described in the indictment as a provincial foreign intelligence arm of the People s Republic of China s Ministry of State Security.