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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: flowers on May 19, 2014, 02:53:45 pm

Title: Justice Department charges China with cyber-spying crimes on U.S. firms
Post by: flowers on May 19, 2014, 02:53:45 pm

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/19/justice-department-charges-china-cyber-spying-crim/

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The U.S. Justice Department has filed criminal charges against a handful of government authorities in China, alleging they’ve stolen U.S. trade secrets via cyber warfare.

The charges are historic; NBC News reported that it’s the first time in history that the United States has formally filed accusations over cyber espionage against another country.

Attorney General Eric Holder is due to detail the charges on Monday.

But NBC said that the charges actually name several Chinese government workers.

“They used military and intelligence facilities to commit cyber espionage against U.S. companies,” one official said, to NBC.

The names of the companies that were reportedly hit by the espionage haven’t yet been released. But one source close to the investigation told NBC that the companies are believed to be in the ma