So today, our Justice Dept. just made chilling accusations against China. Also, note that I said chilling,? but not shocking, when you think of US/China relations lately. It’s US Justice Department vs Chinese Government spies.
So they accused China’s Ministry of State Security of hacking into government agencies and mega tech companies. But they’re mission isn’t to steal money or ID’s. In fact, it’s worse. Because they say Chinese spies are stealing information and intelligence. They blame a hacking group from Beijing they call the APT 10. Both gov’t and private security groups linked this group to some very powerful people in China.
But wait…there’s more. The US Justice Dept. indicted?Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong, who both are residents of China, on everything from fraud to theft. We don’t know which company was hit. However, they named activities of such companies. Such activities include space, technology, aviation, medicine, and computer processing. Allegedly, they put on malware using corrupt Microsoft data. Then, they used keyloggers to steal people’s passwords, break into accounts, and do anything they wanted. There’s more. Because the indictment said they stole info from over 100,000 Navy soldiers. It’s not clear how much time the hackers could face, or even if this makes it to trial. Because of how hard it is to expedite suspects from China back to the US.
Naturally, leaders from China deny everything. However, other nations, like Japan and Australia, back up the US claims. I don’t know or suspsect anything. But look at the timing here. This happens in the middle of an intense trade war between the two nations. This war affects everything from farming to computer servicing. In fat, a few of our computer repair clients have to wait longer for parts from China. I wonder why. But this just shows how how volatile it’s getting between these two power nations. This is the US Justice Department vs Chinese Government Spies. What else could this lead to?