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The US justice department has announced criminal charges against two computer hackers said to be connected to China's main intelligence service. | |
Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong allegedly targeted networks in the US and allied countries to steal confidential commercial and technical secrets. | |
They are part of a "hacking group" known as Advanced Persistent Threat 10, the indictment says. | |
It has been suggested that the two men are currently in China. | |
The UK, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Sweden were also reportedly targeted. | |
Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong worked for a company called Huaying Haitai and in association with the Chinese Ministry of State Security, the court filing says. | |
US corporations involved in aviation, space and satellite technology, and government agencies including the Navy and the space agency Nasa were targeted, it adds. | |
Announcing the unsealing of the indictments, US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said China had violated a 2015 agreement under which it had pledged to not engage in commercial cyber-spying. | |
Mr Rosenstein said his department's move had been co-ordinated with US allies in Europe and Asia to rebuff "China's economic aggression". | |
He added: "We want China to cease its illegal cyber activities." |