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Justice Department indicts 7 accused in 14-year hack campaign by Chinese gov

peterschreiber.media | Getty Images reader comments 32 The US Justice Department on Monday unsealed an indictment charging seven men with hacking or attempting to hack dozens of US companies in a 14-year campaign furthering an economic espionage and foreign intelligence gathering by the Chinese government. All seven defendants, federal prosecutors alleged, were associated with Wuhan… Read More »

Multiple Chinese APTs establish major beachheads inside US infrastructure

reader comments 39 with Hacking teams working for the Chinese government are intent on burrowing into the farthest reaches of US infrastructure and establishing permanent presences there if possible. In the past two years, they have scored some wins that could seriously threaten national security. If that wasn’t clear before, three reports released in the… Read More »

Home and office routers come under attack by China state hackers, France warns

reader comments 122 with 83 posters participating Share this story China state hackers are compromising large numbers of home and office routers for use in a vast and ongoing attack against organizations in France, authorities from that county said. The hacking group—known in security circles as APT31, Zirconium, Panda, and other names—has historically conducted espionage… Read More »