The hackers were working with the Chinese Ministry of State Security, US officials said (Representative)
Washington:
Two Chinese citizens have been charged with attempting to steal the COVID-19 vaccine investigation and the intellectual property of hundreds of companies in the United States and other countries, the United States Department of Justice said Tuesday.
Li Xiaoyu, 34, and Dong Jiazhi, 33, also attacked human rights activists in the United States, China and Hong Kong, said Deputy Attorney General for Homeland Security John Demers.
The hackers, believed to be in China outside the reach of the American police, acted in some cases “for their own personal gain” and in others for the benefit of China’s Ministry of State Security, Demers said at a conference. of press.
“Cybercrime led by the Chinese government’s intelligence services threatens not only the United States but all other countries that support fair play, international standards and the rule of law,” said FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich. .
US Attorney William Hyslop said hackers attacked companies around the world.
“The computer systems of many companies, individuals and agencies across the United States and around the world have been hacked and compromised with a wide variety of valuable and sensitive trade secrets, technologies, data and personal information that have been stolen,” said Hyslop .
The Justice Department said the targets of the attacks included “hundreds of victim companies, governments, non-governmental organizations and individual dissidents, clerics and democratic and human rights activists in the United States and abroad, including Hong Kong and China.”
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