The US has charged three Chinese nationals for hacking Moody’s Analytics, Siemens and GPS maker Trimble, accusing them of stealing sensitive information including emails of a prominent employee at Moody’s and intellectual property.
The charges against Wu Yingzhuo, Dong Hao and Xia Lei, who reside in China and purport to work at Chinese cyber security company Boyusec, are unusual, as it can be hard and sometimes undiplomatic to attribute cyber attacks.
Dana Boente, acting assistant attorney-general for national security, said the justice department had a “long memory” and was committed to pursuing the arrests and prosecution of cyber criminals.