U.S. Sanctions, Indicts Alleged Members of Chinese APT31

The Department of the Treasury is levying sanctions against two Chinese nationals and a Chinese company that the agency alleges are key parts of the APT31 team, a Chinese government-backed threat group that has targeted U.S. government personnel and agencies for many years.

The sanctions come through the department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) and is the latest in a string of such moves targeting known foreign threat groups, as well as the makers of commercial spyware tools. Earlier …

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