US charges two Chinese spies for a global hacking campaign that targeted COVID-19 research

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https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/21/us-prosecutors-charge-chinese-spies-global-hacking/

By Zack Whittaker
TechCrunch
July 21, 2020

U.S. prosecutors have charged two Chinese nationals, said to be working for 
China’s state intelligence bureau, for their alleged involvement in a massive 
global hacking operation that targeted hundreds of companies and governments 
for more than a decade.

The 11-count indictment, unsealed Tuesday, alleges Li Xiaoyu, 34, and Dong 
Jiazhi, 33, stole terabytes of data from high-technology companies, around the 
world — including the United States, the prosecutors said.

More recently, the prosecutors accused the hackers of targeting the networks of 
over a dozen U.S. companies in Maryland, Massachusetts and California 
developing vaccines and treatments for COVID-19.

The indictment comes just weeks after both the FBI and Homeland Security warned 
that China was actively trying to steal U.S. research data related to the 
coronavirus pandemic.

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