ABC News reports that the Department of Justice has announced indictments against 12 Chinese nationals involved in cyberespionage in U.S. v. Wu Haibo et al., U.S. v. Yin Kecheng, U.S. v. Zhou Shuai et al.:
Twelve Chinese nationals, including mercenary hackers, law enforcement officers and employees of a private hacking company, have been charged in connection with global cyberespionage campaigns targeting dissidents, news organizations, U.S. agencies and universities, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
The U.S. Treasury Department, which disclosed a breach by Chinese actors late last year in what it called a “major cybersecurity incident,” was among the targets of the indicted hackers.
The indictments come as the U.S. government has warned of an increasingly sophisticated cyber threat from China, including a hack last year of telecom firms called Salt Typhoon that gave Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, including U.S. government officials and prominent public figures.
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