US charges Chinese hackers with 'massive theft' from NASA, Navy and tech sector

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https://www.cnet.com/news/us-charges-chinese-hackers-with-massive-theft-from-nasa-navy-and-tech-sector/

By Erin Carson
CNet News
December 20, 2018

The US Justice Department has charged two Chinese nationals with 
cybercrimes, citing the threat they pose to national security

These Chinese nationals, who the Department of Justice believes are 
working in association with the country's government as part of a hacking 
group called APT10, are accused of stealing information from at least 45 
US tech companies and government agencies, including NASA, the Navy and 
the US Department of Energy.

"It is unacceptable that we continue to uncover cybercrime committed by 
China," Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Thursday in a press 
conference.

Groups such as APT-10 use malware to access to computer networks and steal 
data over an extended period of time, he said.

In this case, the group stole hundreds of gigabytes of intellectual 
property and confidential business information, along with personally 
identifiable information on 100,000 members of the US Navy, officials 
said. The companies affected work in areas including biotech, health care, 
oil and gas exploration, and telecommunications and consumer electronics.

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