U.S. authorities said Li Xiaoyu and Dong Jiazhi participated in a multiyear cyberespionage campaign that stole weapons designs, drug information, software source code and more
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.The U.S. Justice Department indicted two Chinese nationals for hacking defence contractors, COVID-19 researchers, and other companies worldwide, according to a court filing published on Tuesday.
Contact details for the pair were not immediately available. The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately return a message seeking comment.The indictment did not name any specific companies, but it said that Li and Dong stole terabytes of data from computers around the world, including the United States, Britain, Germany, Australia and Belgium.
Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers said in a virtual news conference that the hackers occasionally worked on their own account, including a case in which Li allegedly tried to extort $15,000 in cryptocurrency from a victim.
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