(Mark Schiefelbein/AP)The Justice Department on Thursday unveiled indictments of two Chinese hackers who allegedly pilfered vast amounts of valuable confidential data from U.S. government agencies and corporate computers in 12 countries. (Yuri Gripas/Bloomberg)The Chinese hackers also made off with personal information, including Social Security numbers belonging to more than 100,000 U.S. Navy personnel, prosecutors said. Along with the United States and United Kingdom, countries targeted by China include Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden and Switzerland. In the long-running espionage campaign, Chinese hackers penetrated companies called managed services providers (MSPs) that provide cybersecurity and information technology services to government agencies and major firms. Mounting intelligence shows a sustained Chinese hacking effort devoted to acquiring sophisticated American technologies of all stripes.

Source: Washington Post December 20, 2018 14:05 UTC