The two suspects indicted on Thursday are fugitives while US authorities try to prosecute them, the Justice Department announced.
Washington has filed charges against two Chinese citizens, Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong, whom it accuses of carrying out cyber attacks against the United States. and at least another eleven countries to the dictation of Chinese intelligence, has indicated a statement of the US Department of Justice released this Thursday.
According to the document, Zhu and Zhang were members of a group of 'hackers' that operated in China and was known within the cybersecurity community as Advanced Persistent Threat 10 (APT10 Group). The Department of Justice contends that the defendants worked for the Huaying Haitai Chinese science and technology development company and acted in partnership with the Tianjin Security Office of the Ministry of Public Security of China.
According to the indictment, the alleged hackers committed cyber attacks against the computer networks of 45 companies in at least twelve states in the United States and eleven other countries.
The US government agency claims that the APT10 group gained access to more than 40 computers to steal confidential data belonging to the US Navy, including names, social security numbers, dates of birth, salary information, personal telephone numbers and email addresses of more than 100,000 of its members.
According to the data of the Department of Justice, the group of computer hackers APT10 had like targets companies of the following sectors: aviation, satellite and maritime technology, industrial automation, automotive supplies, laboratory instruments, banking and finance sector, telecommunications and consumer electronics, computer processor technology, information technology services, packaging companies, consultancies, medical equipments, medical care, biotechnology, pharmaceutical manufacturing, mining and exploration, oil and gas production.
Date update on 2018-12-21. Date published on 2018-12-21. Category: hackers Author: Oscar olg Fuente: actualidad