U.S. Charges Five Chinese Military Hackers With Online Spying - Businessweek

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"The Justice Department today announced the indictment of five Chinese military hackers for online spying against U.S. steel, nuclear power, and solar companies, marking the first charges of this kind by the U.S. against another state.

The U.S. charges that the five conspired to break into the computers of major U.S. companies, including Alcoa, and steal trade secrets that provided competitive advantage to Chinese state-owned companies, according to an indictment unsealed today in the Western District of Pennsylvania."

U.S. Charges Five Chinese Military Hackers With Online Spying - Businessweek