U.S. Charges Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hacking - The New York Times
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The indictment suggests that the breach was part of a series of thefts by China to use the data to target American officials. WASHINGTON — Four members of China’s military were charged on Monday with hacking into Equifax, one of the nation’s largest credit reporting agencies, and stealing trade secrets and the personal data of about 145 million Americans in 2017. The charges underscored China’s quest to obtain Americans’ data and its willingness to flout a 2015 agreement with the United States (...)
