U.S. Charges Five Chinese Military Officers With Spying

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The U.S. dramatically escalated its battle to curb China’s technology theft from American companies by accusing five Chinese military officials of stealing trade secrets, casting the hacker attacks as a direct economic threat.

The indictment effectively accuses China and its government of a vast effort to mine U.S. technology through cyber-espionage, stealing jobs as well as the innovation on which the success of major global companies like United States Steel Corp. (X) and Alcoa Corp. (AA) depends.

While hundreds of U.S. entities have been penetrated by Chinese military hackers since 2002, the Justice Department focused on five companies specializing in solar panels, metals and next-generation nuclear power plants. Four companies are headquartered or have main offices in Western Pennsylvania and officials calculated the toll in human terms. .........

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[gcjm]

"Hey Kettle, this is the Pot speaking"

I love the way the Western media is forcing this down everyone's throats, with little to zero mention of the fact that the US government has been, and most likely still is, doing roughly the same thing if not worse.

"Who are you to wave your finger?
So full of it.
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters
Fuckin' hypocrite."

[Devin]

Yeah. I think it is safe to say all countries that have the resources to do so spy on other countries. I don't understand how they can get upset with each other when they get found out. Hypocrisy at its' best.

Fun fact: I wrote companies instead of countries by accident. I considered leaving it because they are almost synonyms these days.