SCMP: US indicts 10 Chinese intelligence agents following ‘hack on US and European aviation companies’
* The US Department of Justice said the agents had hacked into commercial jet fan firms based in Suzhou, China
* The charges come weeks after the US’ ‘unprecedented’ extradition of a Chinese spy from Belgium
The US Justice Department has charged a group of Chinese agents with trying to steal aviation technology from US companies, the third such indictment in less than two months in an escalating effort to halt cyber-espionage allegedly orchestrated from China.
A group of 10 people, led by agents of the Jiangsu provincial arm of China Ministry of State Security (MSS) tried to hack into the computer systems of a US company and a French company with an office in Suzhou, China, both manufacturers of a turbofan engine used in commercial airliners, the Justice Department (DoJ) alleged on Tuesday. Members of the group also targeted other US aerospace companies producing parts for the engine makers, it said.
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Update: U.S. charges Chinese intelligence officers for jet engine data hack (Reuters)
WNU Editor: This is the third indictment of Chinese intelligence agents in the past two months. On a side note, here is an interesting read .... China's 5 Steps for Recruiting Spies (Wired).