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4 Chinese PLA members charged in Equifax data breach
[Bloomberg] The Department of Justice announced charges Monday against four members of China’s People’s Liberation Army for the 2017 hack of Equifax Inc., a breach that exposed the personal information of about 145 million Americans.The announcement by Attorney General William Barr follows an indictment in Atlanta accusing the Chinese military personnel of conspiring with each other to hack into Equifax’s network and stealing sensitive data on nearly half of all U.S. citizens. Wu Zhiyong, Wang Qian, Xu Ke and Liu Lei, who were members of the PLA’s 54th Research Institute, were charged with three counts of conspiracy to commit computer fraud, conspiracy to commit economic espionage and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, authorities said. Related: Equifax: 2018-02-10 32 senators want to know if US regulators halted Equifax probe Equifax: 2017-12-08 Has my identity been stolen? Equifax: 2017-10-25 In the dead of night, Republicans vote to give lawsuit immunity to banks Posted by: BA 2020-02-11 |
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