Good afternoon, im ari melber sitting in for ronan. Today the Justice Department indicted five members of the chinese army accused of hacking into and spying on major u. S. Companies. This marks the first time the u. S. Has ever pursued these kind of charges against state actors on accusations of cyber espionage. All five are members of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army and all of the hacks traced to a single building in shanghai. Eric holder said these charges should put all countries on notice. We must say enough is enough. This administration will not tolerate actions by any nation that seeks to illegally sabotage american companies. This case should serve as a wakeup call. The u. S. Long identified china as a major source of cyber spying but today marks a major escalation to halt this kind of hacking. Nbcs Pete Williams joins us from washington. Welcome, pete. Lets talk about what damage the chinese have done here and what is the u. S. Plan Going Forward . Well, in terms of damag