US charges 12 Chinese hackers with stealing and selling data

The US Department of Justice has charged 12 Chinese hackers with stealing data from American businesses and individuals and selling it to the Chinese government and others.

US Department of Justice building in Washington DC - Photo: REUTERS

According to the New York Times , on March 5, prosecutors from the US Department of Justice criminally charged 12 Chinese hackers for cyberattacks on a series of US companies, government agencies and cities, causing millions of dollars in damage.

The indictments allege that Chinese security agencies are orchestrating an ecosystem of “hackers for hire” — including contract hackers, tech company employees and government officials — to carry out cyberattacks aimed at stealing data from organizations around the world .

CNN quoted senior US national security officials as saying that the network also specifically targeted a number of agencies in the US, including the US Treasury Department.

The US Justice Department has announced criminal indictments against 12 Chinese nationals, including two officials from China's Ministry of Public Security, employees of private Chinese company Anxun Information Technology Co Ltd - also known as i-Soon, and members of APT27 - a Beijing-backed hacking group.

These individuals will face federal charges in New York and Washington.

Responding to the allegations, Liu Pengyu, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC, reiterated China's longstanding denial of cyberattacks and asserted that "China will take necessary measures to protect the legitimate rights and interests of its companies and citizens."

Cybersecurity has long been a source of tension in US-China relations, with Chinese hackers also targeting the phone calls of top political figures such as President Trump and Vice President JD Vance, according to CNN.

Rob Joyce, a National Security Agency official, warned lawmakers that the Chinese government “is waging a comprehensive campaign against the United States and our current defenses are not keeping up.”

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