The U.S. Justice Department has indicted 12 Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in a worldwide hacking campaign.
What Happened: The Justice Department suspects China’s Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of State Security to have employed hackers to acquire confidential information and track down critics worldwide.
Assistant Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, Bryan Vorndran, stated ” Chinese Ministry of Public Security has been paying hackers-for-hire to inflict digital harm on Americans who criticize the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).”
The individuals under suspicion comprise two officers from China’s Ministry of Public Security, eight employees of a company called i-Soon, and two members of the group known as Advanced Persistent Threat 27 (APT27), Zhou Shuai and Yin Kecheng.
Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the U.S. did not immediately respond to Benzinga’s request for comment.
The individuals would face federal charges in both New York and Washington. The Justice Department has announced a reward of up to $10 million for information regarding …
