Tuesday, November 28, 2017

U.S. Indicts Three Chinese Hackers For Conducting Cyber Attacks Against American Companies

Washington Free Beacon: U.S. Indicts Three Chinese Hackers Linked to Security Firm

Boyusec hackers stole hundreds of gigabytes of energy and GPS technology

The Justice Department charged three Chinese hackers on Monday with conducting cyber attacks against U.S. and international financial and technology firms and stealing confidential business information.

The three hackers, Chinese nationals Wu Yingzhuo, Dong Hao, and Xia Lei, all worked for a Chinese cyber security firm called Boyusec that the Pentagon has linked to the Ministry of State Security, the civilian intelligence service.

The three men were charged with coordinated cyber attacks against computer networks at Moody's Analytics, Siemans AG, and Trimble Inc.

Read more ....

WNU Editor: When I read stories like this one .... I cannot help but believe that it is just the tip of the iceberg.

No comments:

Post a Comment