<ul><li>The U.S. Department of Justice has charged 12 Chinese hackers linked to hacking over 100 American organizations, including the U.S. Treasury.</li><li>The charged individuals played a key role in China's hacker-for-hire ecosystem, targeting organizations to suppress free speech and religious freedoms.</li><li>Two of the indicted hackers are linked to the China government-backed group APT27 and were involved in multi-year, for-profit computer intrusion campaigns.</li><li>The FBI has seized the infrastructure used by one of the hackers for the U.S. Treasury hack, and charges have been announced against employees of Chinese government hacking contractor I-Soon.</li></ul>

Justice Department charges Chinese hackers-for-hire linked to Treasury breach

Discover more