Five Chinese nationals and two Malaysians have been indicted on charges relating to sprawling hacking campaigns to steal trade secrets and sensitive information from more than 100 companies and entities worldwide, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Sept. 16.
The five Chinese nationals are part of a hacker group known as “APT41” that stole source code, consumer data, and business information from victims in the United States and abroad, across a range of sectors including tech companies, universities, foreign governments, and pro-democracy proponents in Hong Kong, the department said.
