cbs's nicole sganga is in washington with the story. nicole, first situate us here.d these attacks take place? and is this a prosecution started in the biden justice department and carried over? >> reporter: that's exactly right, john. this is a years-long investigation by the fbi, one that predates the trump administration. according to these court documents, this widespread hacking campaign began in 2016 but john, that's just what u.s. officials know. >> john: tell me about the company at the center of this and what the company was targeting. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. so some of the targets here quite shocking. the u.s. department of commerce. you mentioned it earlier, the u.s. defense intelligence agency, the new york state assembly, twin indictments in new york and washington. also pointing to targets among the private sector, defense contractors, a law firm, news organizations. indicted altogether, ten chinese hackers and two members of chinese law enforcement. the company behind these breaches, they're called i-soon, they are a massive network as many as 1