US Department of Justice indicts two Chinese nationals for hacking COVID researchers – Reuters

The US Department of Justice has indicted two Chinese nationals for hacking defence contractors and COVID-19 researchers, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing a court filing.

According to the document, hackers allegedly worked for Chinese intelligence from 2014 to 2020 and stole intellectual property, weapon designs, drug information, cancer research and software source code.

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