US Indicts Accused APT31 Chinese Hackers for Hire

Prosecutors Say China Set Up a Wuhan Front Company for Geopolitical Hacks
U.S. federal prosecutors indicted seven Chinese nationals they accuse of hacking for a Beijing economic and intelligence espionage group whose operations reacted to geopolitical trends. The suspects allegedly were contractors for a front company set up by an arm of the Ministry of State Security.

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