US Indicts Two Chinese Nationals for Massive Hacking Campaign

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (M), U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman (L), Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers (R) at the Department of Justice in Washington on Dec. 20, 2018. Jennifer Zeng/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Two Chinese hackers associated with the Ministry of State Security in China were charged by the United States with an extensive global computer-intrusion campaign carried out over more than a decade.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the charges at the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Dec. 20, together with FBI Director Christopher Wray and other officials.