US charged two Chinese citizens of cyber hacking of confidential information

The United States has charged two Chinese nationals with conducting a massive state-sponsored cyber theft

Officials announced charges against two suspected computer hackers from China. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER Source: EPA/ERIK S. LESSER

The United States government said that the two accused had conducted a massive state-sponsored cyber theft targeting companies and government agencies in at least a dozen countries.

Deputy attorney-general Rod Rosenstein says the hackers gave China's intelligence service access to intellectual property and other sensitive business information.