US Charges 4 Chinese Nationals in Hacking Campaign 20 Jul 2021, 05:05 GMT+10 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Department on Monday announced charges against three Chinese intelligence officers and a Chinese computer hacker in connection with an unlawful cyber campaign that pilfered trade secrets and confidential information from dozens of companies, universities and government entities in the United States and 11 other countries between 2011 and 2018. The theft included information about sensitive technologies, that was "of significant economic benefit to China's companies and commercial sectors," the department said, adding that the hackers targeted research institutes and universities to steal infectious-disease research on Ebola, MERS, and HIV/AIDS.