Chinese Nationals Charged in State-Sponsored Hacking Scheme
Staff and professors at multiple Chinese universities helped recruit hackers and linguists to steal from targeted computer networks, including their peers at foreign universities.
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SAN DIEGO (CN) According to an indictment unsealed Monday, four Chinese nationals working for a state security department were charged in the Southern District of California on charges of hacking computer systems in industries of significant economic benefit to China to steal intellectual property and avoid lengthy, expensive research and development processes.
According to the newly unsealed 30-page federal grand jury indictment, Ding Xiaoyang, Cheng Qingmin, Zhu Yunmin and Wu Shurong engaged in a yearslong conspiracy between 2011 and 2018. During this time, they worked for a front company created by the Hainan Province Ministry of State Security, a foreign intelligence arm of the Peopl
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Prosecutors allege the goal was to have malware and other hacking tools installed in computer systems in order to steal data from foreign governments, universities and companies. The hacks targeted information from a wide range of industries, including aviation, defense, healthcare and infectious disease research, prosecutors said. This indictment alleges a worldwide hacking and economic espionage campaign led by the government of China, said Acting U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman. The defendants include foreign intelligence officials who orchestrated the alleged offenses, and the indictment demonstrates how China s government made a deliberate choice to cheat and steal instead of innovate.
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Análisis Ampliado: EEUU acusa a China de dirigir ciberataques a nivel mundial
El Departamento de Justicia alega en una acusación revelada recientemente que funcionarios del gobierno de China están detrás de ataques masivos de piratería cibernética contra empresas y gobiernos a nivel mundial, citando específicamente un hackeo global a través de Microsoft Exchange. Foto: The Washington Post.
La Casa Blanca y sus aliados occidentales han acusado al gobierno chino de asociarse con grupos criminales para llevar a cabo ciberataques masivos, incluyendo uno contra Microsoft este año que afectó a miles de organizaciones.