A group of Chinese intelligence officers have been charged in the United States with hacking into private companies’ computer systems in an effort to steal aviation data.
The Justice Department unsealed charges against Zha Rong, Chai Meng and seven other co-conspirators on Tuesday for trying to steal intellectual property and other sensitive data from a dozen American companies inside the US and abroad.
According to the indictment filed last week, “Members of the conspiracy targeted, among other things, companies in the aerospace and other high-technology industries, and attempted to steal intellectual property and confidential business information, including information that was commercial in nature.”
The individuals are said to belong to the Jiangsu Province Ministry of State Security (JSSD).
The indictment added that, “Members of the conspiracy targeted, among other things, data and information related to a turbofan engine used in…