US sanctions China-based hackers for allegedly targeting critical infrastructure

US sanctions China-based hackers for allegedly targeting critical infrastructure The United States has sanctioned China-based hackers for allegedly targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, the Treasury Department announced Monday. The U.S., along with the United Kingdom, sanctioned some representatives of Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company Ltd. (Wuhan XRZ), a Wuhan, China-based Ministry of State Security (MSS) front company that the Treasury Department alleges has served as cover for multiple malicious cyber operations. Wuhan XRZ and its contractors were behind some of the most malicious cyber operations, including the 2020 spear phishing operation against the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Naval…