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Justice Department indicts 7 accused in 14-year hack campaign by Chinese gov

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Enlarge (credit: peterschreiber.media | Getty Images) The US Justice Department on Monday unsealed an indictment charging seven men with hacking or attempting to hack dozens of US companies in a 14-year campaign furthering an economic espionage and foreign intelligence gathering by the Chinese government. All seven defendants, federal prosecutors …

Multiple Chinese APTs establish major beachheads inside sensitive infrastructure

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Enlarge (credit: Steve McDowell / Agefotostock ) Hacking teams working for the Chinese government are intent on burrowing into the farthest reaches of sensitive infrastructure, much of it belonging to the US, and establishing permanent presences there if possible. In the past two years, they have scored some wins that could …