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Over a period of 5 years, Chinese intelligence officers Zha Rong and Chai Meng, along with other co-conspirators sought to involve co-opted company insiders to hack and steal sensitive commercial aviation and technological data from firms in the United States and abroad. The intelligence officers work at the "Jiangsu Province Ministry of State Security ("JSSD"), headquartered in Nanjing, which is a provincial foreign intelligence arm of the People's Republic of China's Ministry of State Security ("MSS"). The MSS, and by extension the JSSD, is primarily responsible for domestic counter-intelligence, non-military foreign intelligence, and aspects of political and domestic security."
They and others are accused of hacking into a French aerospace manufacturer which had developed underlying turbofan engine technology in partnership with a U.S. based company. They then used this intrusion to access sensitive data at other parts manufacturers of the turbofan jet engine in various states and abroad. The French company had a Chinese office and the JSSD recruited two members of the staff there to inject malware into the computer systems onsite. The same malware was found on the systems of parts suppliers for the turbofan jet engine in America. The malware campaign has been traced to various other computer technology companies in California and other states. The court filing can be found here. Made in China 2025.
"For the third time since only September, the National Security Division, with its US Attorney partners, has brought charges against Chinese intelligence officers from the JSSD and those working at their direction and control for stealing American intellectual property," said John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security. "State-sponsored hacking is a direct threat to our national security. This action is yet another example of criminal efforts by the MSS to facilitate the theft of private data for China's commercial gain," said U.S. Attorney Adam Braverman. "The concerted effort to steal, rather than simply purchase, commercially available products should offend every company that invests talent, energy, and shareholder money into the development of products." "The threat posed by Chinese government-sponsored hacking activity is real and relentless," said John Brown, FBI Special Agent in Charge of the San Diego Field Office.
They and others are accused of hacking into a French aerospace manufacturer which had developed underlying turbofan engine technology in partnership with a U.S. based company. They then used this intrusion to access sensitive data at other parts manufacturers of the turbofan jet engine in various states and abroad. The French company had a Chinese office and the JSSD recruited two members of the staff there to inject malware into the computer systems onsite. The same malware was found on the systems of parts suppliers for the turbofan jet engine in America. The malware campaign has been traced to various other computer technology companies in California and other states. The court filing can be found here. Made in China 2025.
"For the third time since only September, the National Security Division, with its US Attorney partners, has brought charges against Chinese intelligence officers from the JSSD and those working at their direction and control for stealing American intellectual property," said John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security. "State-sponsored hacking is a direct threat to our national security. This action is yet another example of criminal efforts by the MSS to facilitate the theft of private data for China's commercial gain," said U.S. Attorney Adam Braverman. "The concerted effort to steal, rather than simply purchase, commercially available products should offend every company that invests talent, energy, and shareholder money into the development of products." "The threat posed by Chinese government-sponsored hacking activity is real and relentless," said John Brown, FBI Special Agent in Charge of the San Diego Field Office.
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