Chinese hackers compromised Indian government’s computer networks: US Justice Department

The US Justice Department has pressed charges against five Chinese nationals and two Malaysians for allegedly running global hacking operations for at least six years to steal identities, video game technology, plant ransomware and spy on Hong Kong activists. The accused also compromised computer networks of the Indian government, the DoJ said in a statement. US DoJ said that the accused hacked computers of over 100 companies in the United States and abroad, including software development companies, computer hardware manufacturers, telecommunications providers, social media companies, video game companies, non-profit organizations, universities, think tanks, foreign governments and pro-democracy politicians and activists…