China’s Defence Ministry also denied that the government or military had ever engaged in cyber spying on businesses. It instead called on the US to immediately stop spying on China, warning that the charges have seriously damaged trust between the two countries.
Officials in Washington have argued for years that cyber espionage is a top national security concern. The indictment, which was made earlier on Monday, was the first criminal hacking charge that the United States has filed against specific foreign officials, and follows a steady increase in public criticism and private confrontation, including at a summit last year between US President, Barack Obama, and Chinese President, Xi Jinping.
“When a foreign nation uses military or intelligence resources and tools against an American executive or corporation to obtain trade secrets or sensitive business information for the benefit of its state-owned companies, we must say, ‘Enough is enough,’” US Attorney General Eric Holder said at a news conference.
Federal prosecutors said the suspects targeted companies including Alcoa Inc, Allegheny Technologies Inc, United States Steel Corp, Toshiba Corp unit Westinghouse Electric Co, the US subsidiaries of SolarWorld AG, and a steel workers’ union.
Officials declined to estimate the size of the losses to the companies, but said they were “significant.”
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