In May 2014, then-Attorney General Eric Holder announced charges against five members of the Chinese military.
They’d allegedly hacked the computer networks of American companies and stolen everything from intellectual property and trade secrets to the firms’ litigation strategies.
The indictment was the first brought by the United States publicly against state-sponsored hackers for cybercrimes targeting U.S. firms. In the nearly five years since then, the Justice Department has unveiled one China-related hacking indictment after another, including cases against at least a dozen individuals and companies last year alone.
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