Canadian companies targeted in extensive hack by China: U.S. officials

The Associated Press, Dec 20 2018

U.S. authorities say companies in Canada were among the targets of two Chinesecitizens charged with carrying out an extensive hacking campaign to steal data.

An indictment was unsealed today against Zhu Hua and Zhang Shillong, who prosecutors said were acting on behalf of China’s main intelligence agency to pilfer information in several countries.

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Canada among countries Chinese hackers stole personal information from Papers filed in Manhattan federal court allege the hackers were able to breach the computers of enterprises involved in activities ranging from aviation and space to pharmaceutical technology. U.S. prosecutors allege the hackers were able to steal “hundreds of gigabytes” of data from targets in 12 countries.

In Canada, the RCMP had no immediate comment on the U.S. charges.

In the last several months, the U.S. Justice Department has filed charges against several Chinese intelligence officials and alleged hackers.

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*with a file from Reuters

NB/*Its interesting to note the Canadian media is strangely silent about the arrest of these 2 Chinese thieves; major damage control underway all around the free world and Canada sits in almost total silence....whats going on here, who are they protecting? Do we have covert members of parliament who are enabling spies from China to do their work? And WHAT ABOUT TRUDEAU...he was told on numerous occasions of this National Threat and totally ignored it; it would appear he's hiding something. Silence is definitely NOT golden here in Canada.