- 12 Chinese hackers have been charged by the United States Department of Justice.
- Two of these were supposedly involved in the United States Treasury trick of 2024
- Individuals have not been arrested
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that it is presenting charges against 12 Chinese computer pirates accused of aiming more than 100 US companies, including the United States treasure.
All individuals are accused of performing key roles in Chinese piracy offensives. The authorities confirmed that some of the defendants were computer pirates and officials responsible for enforcing Chinese law that attacked companies in the United States and throughout the world to suppress “freedoms of expression and religious freedoms.”
Of those twelve, two of the individuals are allegedly linked to the piracy group sponsored by the state of Typhoon of Silk, identified by Microsoft as the group responsible for the United States Treasury Hack at the end of 2024.
Computer pirates
The attackers went to law firms, defense contractors, government agencies, universities, technology companies and medical care services, prosecutors confirmed, obtaining access to victims’ networks when exploiting the unrucking vulnerabilities in business software.
The Department of Justice also announced that it would present charges against eight people who were part of an organization, Anxum Information Technology Co.LTD. – Nicknamed “I-Soon”.
This organization, “made computer intrusions to the Directorate of RPC [Ministry of Public Security] The parliamentarians and the Ministry of State Security (MSS) “, for which parliamentarians and MSS” paid generously “, allegedly gratifying between approximately $ 10,000 and $ 75,000 for each email input tray that the group exploded successfully.
“The FBI is committed to protecting Americans from foreign cyber attacks,” said assistant director Bryan Vorndran of the FBI cyber division.
“Today’s announcements reveal that the Ministry of Public Security of China has been paying computer pirates to hire to inflict digital damage to Americans who criticize the Chinese Communist Party (PCCH).
None of the individuals have been arrested, and the United States government has offered up to $ 10 million for information that leads to the arrests and convictions of malicious cybercriminals.
