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U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hack

February 10, 2020 admin coronavirus, data breaches, Equifax breach, fbi deputy director david bowdich, FBI Director Christopher Wray, jun ying, liu lei, sudhakar reddy bonthu, u.s. attorney general bill barr, U.S. Justice Department, wang qian, wu zhiyong, xu ke

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 03:25:52 +0000

The U.S. Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four Chinese officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) accused of perpetrating the 2017 hack against consumer credit bureau Equifax that led to the theft of personal data on nearly 150 million Americans. DOJ officials said the four men were responsible for carrying out the largest theft of sensitive personal information by state-sponsored hackers ever recorded.