Threat from Communist China_ US Charges 12 Chinese Hackers, Officials for Cyber Operation Whose Targets Included The Epoch Times

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US Charges 12 Chinese Hackers, Officials for Cyber Operation Whose Targets Included The Epoch Times

China’s state-backed hacking is ‘one of the greatest and most persistent threats to U.S. national security,’ the State Department said.


Flags fly over an entrance to FBI headquarters in Washington on Feb. 3, 2025. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters


By Eva Fu and Dorothy Li
3/5/2025 Updated: 3/5/2025


WASHINGTON—The United States has sanctioned a dozen Chinese nationals, including two intelligence officials, for their involvement in a years-long hacking campaign to steal data from the U.S. government and undermine dissident groups.

The Epoch Times has learned that it was a victim of the hacking campaign.

Eight of the defendants work for i-Soon, a Chinese tech firm that has hacked victims around the globe, including U.S. government agencies and dissident groups that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) considers a threat, according to Department of Justice (DOJ) filings released on March 5.

From 2016 through 2023, i-Soon breached email accounts, cellphones, servers, and websites under Beijing’s instructions and made tens of millions of dollars from doing so, according to the DOJ. The company allegedly worked with 43 Chinese regime intelligence or police bureaus, charging between $10,000 and $75,000 for each email inbox hacked.

Its victims include The Epoch Times, a New York-based newspaper that publishes China-related news critical of the Chinese regime; an organization that promotes human rights in China; a U.S. religious organization with thousands of churches; a Washington-based U.S.-funded news service; the foreign ministries of Taiwan, India, South Korea, and Indonesia; a U.S.-based religious leader; and the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce, and New York State Assembly.

The i-Soon associates, as well as two officials from China’s Ministry of Public Security, are charged with conspiracy to commit computer intrusions and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, with a combined maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

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