The U.S. Department of Justice sued three Chinese citizens on Monday for stalking commercial secrets by hacking Siemens, Moody's Analytics and navigation and mapping equipment maker Trimble.
The three Chinese were Wu Yingzhuo, Dong Hao and Xia Lei, respectively. Three were Guangzhou-based network security and testing firm Boyusec ) Employees, of which the first two were also the founders and shareholders of the company.
In May this year, an anonymous organization called Intrusion Truth uncovered a document alleging that Bo's Information Technology Company was an outsourcer to China's national security unit and that the hacker organizations that had become APT 3 over the past few years hacked into cyber-business espionage task.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice's indictment, the three companies hijacked three businesses using backdoor programs and spear phishing emails from 2011 to May 2017, hiding their tracks with other server IPs. Dong Ho invaded Tianbao in 2014, while Xia Lei hacked into Moody's Analytics for stealing a lot of technology and trade secrets, respectively, in 2011. Therefore, three were illegally accessing the computer to make profits and through procedures, instructions Prosecuted for causing computer and property damage, etc. However, the indictment did not allege that there was government support behind the trio.
This is not the first time that the United States has sued the Chinese for the purpose of hacking, and in August this year, three more were accused of terrorizing three U.S. companies, causing a strong rally in China.