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| U.S. to Charge Chinese Army Personnel With Cyberspying | |
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| WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice on Monday will announce charges it has filed against several individuals in China’s People’s Liberation Army, accusing them of stealing trade secrets from American companies and marking the first time the United States has charged government employees with economic espionage, according to law enforcement officials. | |
| Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was scheduled to announce the charges at 10 a.m. The names of the companies that were hacked are expected to be revealed in documents to be unsealed on Monday. | |
| In a separate case, the department will announce charges against several people who used a hacking software called Blackshades. The software allows hackers to remotely control a computer. | In a separate case, the department will announce charges against several people who used a hacking software called Blackshades. The software allows hackers to remotely control a computer. |
| The announcement about the Chinese will most likely increase the tensions between American and Chinese officials, who in recent years have accused each other in public and in private of using military assets to launch hacks and cyberattacks. | |
| In 2013, amid reports that detailed the extent of Chinese hacking of American companies and corporations, American officials tried to pressure the Chinese government to stop its military from compromising American systems. | |
| United States officials pointed to a report released by Mandiant, an American security firm, as evidence that the Chinese government was behind the attacks. The report said that an overwhelming percentage of attacks on American corporations and government agencies were being initiated by a unit of the Chinese Army. | |
| Mandiant said the hacks were coming from Chinese hacking groups — known to many of its victims in the United States as “Comment Crew” or “Shanghai Group” — that were based in a 12-story white office tower on a Chinese Army base on the outskirts of Shanghai. | |
| In March, it was revealed that the National Security Agency had created a back door into the computer networks of Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications giant that is considered a threat by the United States. The N.S.A. has also tracked more than 20 Chinese hacking groups — including some from the Chinese Army and Navy — that have broken into American government networks and companies. The companies included Google, and drone and nuclear-weapon part makers. |