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US charges 'China government hackers' | US charges 'China government hackers' |
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The US justice department has indicted two Chinese men accused of hacking into the computer networks of companies and government agencies in Western countries. | |
The pair are allegedly part of a "hacking group" known as Advanced Persistent Threat 10, affiliated with China's main intelligence service. | |
They have not been arrested. | |
The UK, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Sweden were also reportedly targeted. | The UK, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Sweden were also reportedly targeted. |
The UK government said it was joining allies in holding the Chinese government responsible for a global campaign targeting commercial secrets. | |
Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong worked for a company called Huaying Haitai and in association with the Chinese Ministry of State Security, the US 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. | US corporations involved in aviation, space and satellite technology, and government agencies including the Navy and the space agency Nasa were targeted, it adds. |
'Economic aggression' | |
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. | 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". | 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." | He added: "We want China to cease its illegal cyber activities." |
FBI Director Christopher Wray said the two men were at present "beyond US jurisdiction". | |
UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "This campaign is one of the most significant and widespread cyber intrusions against the UK and allies uncovered to date, targeting trade secrets and economies around the world. | |
"These activities must stop. They go against the commitments made to the UK in 2015, and, as part of the G20, not to conduct or support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property or trade secrets." |