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US To Charge Chinese Military Employees With Hacking

Posted by samzenpus on from the don't-hack-me-bro dept.

jfruh (300774) writes "The U.S. federal government will announce today indictments of several employees of the Chinese military with hacking into computers to steal industrial secrets. The indictments will be the first of their kind against employees of a foreign government. Among the trade secrets allegedly stolen by the accused are information about a nuclear power plant design and a solar panel company's cost and pricing data."

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  1. Good luck with that. by pla · · Score: 5, Interesting

    No doubt, China will cooperate fully in extraditing members of their active military so they can stand trial in the US for following their orders.

    Not an Obama hater, but seriously, Russia and now China? Trying to start WWIII on two fronts, in case one backs down? 2016 can't come fast enough.

  2. These indictments are pure lip service. by Apharmd · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How will the US enforce them? This will just make our government look weak.