Chinese Hacking Charges
The Justice Department announced it had filed charges against five members of a Chinese military unit for hacking into the computer systems… read more
The Justice Department announced it had filed charges against five members of a Chinese military unit for hacking into the computer systems of five American companies and one labor union in order to steal trade secrets. The charges allege that members of Chinese Army Unit 61398 based in Shanghai broke into the networks of SolarWorld, Westinghouse Electric, U.S. Steel, Alcoa, Allegheny Technologies and the United Steel Workers Union. According to the charges, the hacking was done in order to gain economic advantages over the American firms. close
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Robert Anderson Jr. Executive Assistant Director Federal Bureau of Investigation->Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch
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