The U.S. government accused two hackers in China of targeting U.S. firms involved in coronavirus research, in a wide-ranging indictment that alleged the pair also stole hundreds of millions of dollars in sensitive information from companies around the world while working on behalf of Beijing’s premier spy service. The indictment is the first from the U.S. to link a foreign government to a campaign of cyber theft intended to leapfrog other nations in the global race to find a vaccine to blunt the pandemic, which has killed...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 21, 2020 15:28 UTC