US charges two Chinese nationals over a 10+ year hacking spree, alleging theft of terabytes of data, including vaccine secrets, from many orgs in 11 countries
U.S. prosecutors have charged two Chinese nationals, said to be working for China's state intelligence bureau …
TechCrunch Zack Whittaker
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Discussion
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@onlyyoontv
Eunice Yoon
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China [is] in that shameful club of nations that provide a safe haven for cyber criminals in exchange for those criminals being ‘on call’ to work for the benefit of the state," @TheJusticeDept. US accuses hackers of trying to steal #COVID19 data for #China https://www.justice.gov…
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@repgregsteube
Congressman Greg Steube
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Unfortunately, this isn't the first time the Chinese Communist Party has attempted to steal our intellectual property. Now, they are doing it again and taking further advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic they failed to contain. https://www.wsj.com/...
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@margaretklewis
@margaretklewis
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Based on the indictment, this is exactly the kind of case that @TheJusticeDept should focus on: allegations of serious, repeated hacking, including of PRC dissidents' accounts More on finding a path that uses criminal law in a thoughtful & measured way: https://www.chinafile.com/…
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@noonanjo
John Noonan
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China will steal anything that isn't bolted down. And for things that are bolted down, they use a wrench. https://twitter.com/...
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@ericj_d
Brocial Distancing
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Obviously IP theft is a real problem on many fronts, but..... why is any COVID research proprietary? This should be all hands on deck and helping each other. https://twitter.com/...
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@selectedwisdom
Clint Watts
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Important summary and details related to what was alleged few weeks back “two accused hackers also probed the cyber defenses of at least four American companies working on coronavirus treatment and testing in recent months, the indictment alleged.” https://www.wsj.com/...
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@donie
Donie O'Sullivan
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“... prosecutors accused the hackers of targeting the networks of over a dozen U.S. companies in Maryland, Massachusetts and California developing vaccines and treatments for COVID-19.” https://techcrunch.com/...
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@damspahn
@damspahn
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Curiously, a week ago when Russia did the same thing and hacked US researchers, Lumpy said nothing. I wonder whyski this is? https://techcrunch.com/...
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@jamesliamcook
James Cook
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Chinese hackers broke into the computer networks of an unnamed British artificial intelligence and cancer research business in April, the US government has claimed in a new indictment https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ ...
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@haroonmeer
Haroon Meer
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Webshells, lateral movement, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of trade secrets & yet, months without detection. This is literally why we built @ThinkstCanary. You can be up & running in minutes. Drop us a note to see why some of the smartest sec ppl in the world run Canary h…
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@zackwhittaker
Zack Whittaker
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Over the past decade, the two hackers are accused of stealing a ton of highly-sensitive data — trade secrets, defense tech, etc. — but only more recently COVID-19 research. Dozens of victims — most in the U.S. but also in Europe & Australia. More: https://techcrunch.com/... https…
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@zackwhittaker
Zack Whittaker
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New: US prosecutors have charged two Chinese spies for an alleged decade-long hacking campaign that resulted in the theft of terabytes of sensitive data — including COVID-19 vaccine research — and stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of trade secrets. https://techcrunch.com/.…