Chinese Hackers Targeted U.S. Leaders and Infrastructure in Decade-Long Cyber Espionage Plot
• Chinese hackers targeted high-ranking U.S. politicians, businesses, journalists, and infrastructure in cyber plot • Hacking group APT31 operated on behalf of China's Hubei State Security Department since 2010 • Hackers sent over 10,000 malicious emails posing as journalists to White House officials, Congress members, contractors • Targets included 2020 presidential campaign staff, China critics in U.S. and abroad, defense and telecom companies • DOJ charged 7 Chinese nationals; sanctions announced against Chinese state-sponsored hacking company