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US charged two Chinese citizens of cyber hacking of confidential information

Officials announced charges against two suspected computer hackers from China.

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

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


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


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.


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