DOJ Indicts Chinese Hackers for Break-Ins at 100 Companies (3)

The Justice Department revealed Wednesday previously sealed indictments of five Chinese hackers and two Malaysian businessmen accused of intrusions that hit more than 100 companies in the U.S. and abroad.

The attacks “facilitated the theft of source code, software code signing certificates, customer account data and valuable business information,” the department said in a statement.

Targets of the attacks included software development companies, computer hardware manufacturers, telecommunications providers, social media companies and video game companies, the department said. It said the first of the previously undisclosed grand jury indictments came in August 2019 and the others this August.

Department officials ...