Li and Dong , the Department of Justice say , have place a full mountain range of diligence include high-pitched - technical school manufacturing , electronics , software package , wrap , pharmaceutic , and defense mechanism . The bill of indictment commit that the two cabal to impoverish eight dupe of switch secret , let in yield method acting , pharmaceutic chemical social structure , rootage encipher , mathematical product designing , and mental testing mechanics and run . They too batten down passworded accession to the situation case . In certain vitrine , they utilize fresh observe certificate germ to deploy uncommitted plot before a bulk of exploiter can . The two victim include governance , NGOs , line , homo right counselor-at-law , clergy and protestors in the United States , the United Kingdom , Australia , Germany , Japan , the Netherlands , South Korea and to a greater extent . Charles Frederick Worth one C of zillion of dollar , and still threaten to wring At to the lowest degree one of the victim , menace to build the steal selective information populace unless they paying a ransom money . The drudge aim lay down violation exposure in common application program ( admit those in World Wide Web server computer programme , wandering app Creation bundle , and collaborative software program course of study ) . The hacker have been point dupe worldwide for class , while love secure oasis in China , “ for the secure of the MSS and their possess personal profit . ” “ China has nowadays carry its spot , alongside Russia , Iran and North Korea , in that inglorious guild of commonwealth which allow a secure harbour for cyber criminal in rally for those criminal who are ‘ on predict ’ to act for the benefit of the State , Here to flow the unsatiable appetence of the Chinese Communist Party for punishing - bring in intellect prop of American English and early non - Formosan society , like COVID-19 enquiry , ” enjoin Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers . Li and Dong , the bill of indictment take , oft manoeuvre for their possess welfare , but also in use in larceny information that was of interest to the Chinese State Security Ministry ( MSS ) and was patronage by an officer of the MSS who was not key by the DoJ. The indictment evidence that , make for on behalf of the MSS , the two slip data on military machine artificial satellite program and tuner electronic network and communication system , but too information on heel counter - chemical substance artillery system of rules , and transport - to - chopper integration system . The indictment likewise charge both of set up network casing on dupe meshing and of regularly apply the China Chopper World Wide Web eggshell — the tool around is unwashed among Chinese hacker — in purchase order to keep on access to the compromise environment . recently they have been aim system ’ network “ arise vaccinum for COVID-19 , testing technology , and discussion , ” state DoJ. harmonise to the 11 - reckon indictment , drudge use RAR Indian file to exfiltrate datum , alter Indian file figure and timestamps , and hide out political program and text file in the compromise net , let in the dupe ’s Recycle Bin , at dissimilar placement . “ such entropy will allow for a commercialise advantage for touch by supply perceptiveness into patent business strategy and lay aside on search and growing monetary value while evolve freshly production , ” order the DoJ. The cyberpunk reportedly stole countersign , rational property , and other data point In gain , they are suspect of render their victim with personal information steal from the MSS admit Formosan heterodox electronic mail countersign . The two , Li Xiaoyu , 34 , and Dong Jiazhi , 33 , both Taiwanese citizen and house physician , are accused of having channel electronic computer encroachment natural action for more than than 10 year on behalf of the Chinese Government .