US Court Details State Sponsored Hackers From China
Summary
According to the indictment from the Eastern District of Washington, for at least the last 10 years hacker’s Li and Dong, sponsored by China, targeted US and international businesses including COVID-19 research and a chat app used by protestors in Hong Kong. China won’t extradite them, so they might not see any jailtime, but the DOJ hopes this will put them and others on notice.Li and Doug worked together to compromise computer systems. They worked as a team since they first met in college at the University of Electronic Science and Technology in Chengdu, China. In one incident Li and Dong provided the personal information of a Hong Kong Community organizer, pastor, and former Tiananmen Square protestor to the MSS (Ministry of State Security). An MSS officer also provided Li with previously unknown 0day malware to compromise the Internet browser of a dissident.
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