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Federal prosecutors in San Diego announced on Monday the indictment of four Chinese men accused of a massive, years-long computer hacking campaign that targeted businesses, research institutions and universities in San Diego and abroad.
The two-count indictment said the hack was coordinated by the Ministry of State Security and deployed a series of front companies created to mask the involvement of the government of the Peoples Republic of China.
The indictment outlines an investigation that began as early as 2012 and eventually grew to included 19 separate entities including the National Institutes of Health, government agencies in Cambodia and Saudi Arabia, and eight companies in the U.S., Switzerland and Germany.
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.
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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