Li 와 Dong은 쳉두에있는 중국 대학교에서 같이 수학하면서 컴퓨터 응용테크놀로지를 전공 했으며, 고급기술정보를 소유한 Australia, Belgium, Germany, 일본, 리트아니아, 스페인, South Korea, 스웨덴 그리고 영국이 포함된 여러나라들을 해킹타킷으로 삼았었다고 한다. 이들이 훔친 고급기술은 의료기구제작의 선진기술들과, 공업 Engineering, 사업정보, 교육용및 게임용 소프트웨어,에너지와 제약기술 등등이 포함되여있다.
"중국은 지금 Russia, 이란 그리고 북한과 한통속이 되여 그들만의 크럽을 만들어 사이버 범죄자들에게 안전한 대피처를 제공하고, 대신에 중국공산당이 그렇게도 목말라하는 미국과 또 중국이 아닌 다른 여러나라들이 힘들여 개발한 고급연구자산을 중국공산당에 제공하고,또한 이득을 서로 챙기는 작업을 이끌어가고 있다. 이고급기술중에는 Covid-19백신기술도 포함되여 있었다라고, Demers씨는 설명해주었다.
중국은 현재 미국을 포함한 많은 서방세계국가들로 부터, 2019년도에 중국의 Wuhan시에서 첫발생한 Coronavirus방역 실패에 대한, 심한 반발에 직면하고 있다. 이러한 비난에 중국은 심하게 맞대응으로 반발하고있으며, 미국이 지구촌 전염병을 정치적 흥정거리로 이용하고있다고 역으로 비난 하고있다. 중국은 아직까지 중국인 해커, Li 와 Dong에 대한 기소건에 대해 아무런 반응을 보이지 않고 있다.
Chinese hackers charged by Justice Department with trying to steal US coronavirus research
The 11-count indictment alleges the Chinese nationals hacked into hundreds of computer systems
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday it has charged two Chinese hackers with trying to steal U.S. COVID-19 research as well as other sensitive information from businesses and government agencies.
The 11-count indictment against Li Xiaoyu, 34, and Dong Jiazhi, 31, alleges the Chinese nationals hacked into the computer systems of hundreds of companies, government organizations as well as individual dissidents and clergy.
They also allegedly broke into the accounts of democratic and human rights activists in the United States, Hong Kong and mainland China. The Justice Department alleges their con, which for a decade had allegedly been stealing sensitive information, was not only for personal financial gain but also to benefit the Chinese government.
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"The hackers stole terabytes of data from hundreds of targets establishing themselves as a prolific threat to U.S. and foreign networks," Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers said during a press conference in New York.
Li and Dong, trained in computer applications technology at the same Chinese university in Chengdu, targeted countries with high-tech industries, including Australia, Belgium, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, Spain, South Korea, Sweden and the United Kingdom, authorities said. The industries included the high-tech manufacturing of medical devices, industrial engineering, business, educational and gaming software as well as in energy and pharmaceutical defense.
"In at least one instance, the hackers sought to extort cryptocurrency from a victim entity, by threatening to release the victim's stolen source code on the Internet," the FBI said. "More recently, the defendants probed for vulnerabilities in computer networks of companies developing COVID-19 vaccines, testing technology and treatments."
Li and Dong's actions are "concrete examples" of two concerning trends, Demers said.
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"China is using cyber intrusions as part of its 'rob, replicate and replace' strategy to technological development," he said, adding that Beijing is also "providing a safe haven for criminal hackers who, as in this case, are hacking in part for their own personal gain but willing to help the state and on call to do so."
Demers claimed China has upped its brazen willingness to engage in theft through computer intrusions contrary to their international commitments.
"China has now taken its place, alongside Russia, Iran and North Korea, in that shameful club of nations that provide a safe haven for cyber criminals in exchange for those criminals being 'on call' to work for the benefit of the state, here to feed the Chinese Communist Party's insatiable hunger for American and other non-Chinese companies' hard-earned intellectual property, including COVID-19 research," Demers said
China has faced global backlash led largely by the United States for downplaying and failing to contain the coronavirus, which originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in 2019.
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China has pushed back strongly on the accusations and has accused the U.S. of using the global pandemic to play politics.
China has not yet responded to the charges against Li and Dong.
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