A May 28 indictment unsealed Monday identifies four Chinese nationals as suspects in an international hacking scheme. COURTESY PHOTO Â SAN DIEGO â A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging four nationals and residents of the Peopleâs Republic of China with a campaign to hack into the computer systems of dozens of victim companies, universities and government entities in the United States and abroad between 2011 and 2018, U.S. Attorneyâs Office for the Southern District of California announced at a press conference Monday. The indictment, which was returned May 28 and unsealed by court order on Monday, alleges that much of the conspiracyâs theft was focused on information that was of significant economic benefit to Chinaâs companies and commercial sectors, including information that would allow the circumvention of lengthy and resource-intensive research and development processes.