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Justice Department charges Chinese hackers-for-hire linked to Treasury breach
The individuals are accused of hacking over 100 U.S. organizations over the course of a decade
The Department of Justice has announced criminal charges against 12 Chinese government-linked hackers who are accused of hacking over 100 American organizations, including the U.S. Treasury, over the course of a decade. The charged individuals all played a “key role” in China’s hacker-for-hire ecosystem, a senior DOJ official said on a background call with reporters, including TechCrunch, on Wednesday. Organizations targeted by Yin and Zhou include U.S.-based technology companies, think tanks, law firms, defense contractors, local governments, health care systems, and universities, said U.S. prosecutors.
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