indictment were members of a hacking group operated in china, and associated with the chinese ministry of state security, a group known as apt10. the members of apt10 conducted major computer intrusion campaigns targeting u.s. government agencies, and companies, both around the country and across the world. and stealing hundreds of gig abites of intellectual profit and confidential business information. the list of victim companies read like a who's you. from buy bogey technology, agriculture, healthcare, oil and gas exploreation to nasa. healthy come pigs is good for the world economy, criminal conduct is not. rampant theft is not. cheating is not. there's no light on this issue between the united states and our law-abiding international partners. we're all standing shoulder to shoulder to condemn this conduct. the scope of this investigation was broad, as you might imagine, involving field offices from new orleans, new york, sacramento, san antonio, and houston, and we're incredibly grateful not on to our doj colleagues but our partners in the naval investigative service. the defense investigative ser

thursday's indictments draw direct links between the alleged hackers and the chinese ministry of state securityand they also allege the chinese authorities approved of and directed the campaign. by indicting them right now, what is the us trying to achieve? well, i think you can look at this as the latest salvo from the united states. the authorities here do not expect to be able to get these guys but what they are trying to do is put pressure on china. americans have come to expect the degree of regular espionage, if we can call it that, but in this particular instance what they are focused on is trying to stop economic espionage. now, the fbi director, christopher ray, in the press c0 nfe re nce director, christopher ray, in the press conference did not mince his words. he used strong language on the hacking charges, saying china's dolph andy goode is to replace the us as the world's leading superpower —— wray. and they are using illegal methods to get there. it is not the first time an administration has been concerned about this. president obama had an agreement with president xi to try and

the defendants allegedly committed these crimes in association with a chinese intelligence agency known as the ministry of state security this is not the first time that the partner justice has accused chinese state actors of stealing commercial information since the indictment of five uniformed members of the people's liberation army in two thousand and fourteen our department has repeatedly cast a spotlight on china for its state sponsored criminal activity targeting american corporations more than ninety percent of the department's cases alleging economic espionage over the past seven years involve china more than two thirds of the department's cases involving theft of trade secrets are connected to china in the last few months of this year alone our department has announced charges in three separate cases alleging crimes committed at the behest of a branch of the chinese ministry of state security. it is unacceptable that we continue to uncover cyber crime committed by china against america and other nations in two thousand and fifteen china promised to stop stealing trade secrets and other confidential business inf

association with the chinese ministry of skate securities so the government is alleging these two hackers were involved with a private company in china that was working for the chinese ministry of statehose this goes to the top, so to speak, in china in terms of this conspiracy which they're saying began as early as 2006. the group stole hundreds of gigabytes of sensitive data, they say, targeting sensitive technology and industrial components including, they say, aviation, space and satellite technology, manufacturing technology, pharmaceutical technology, oil and gas exploration technology, communications technology, computer processor technology and maritime technology so a lot of details in here that the government is alleging in indicting these two figures but the question is whether they will ever see the inside of a federal courtroom given they live in china. you can expect the chinese government may not want to turn these individual overs to face justice for these charges. the chinese government insisted it hasn't been part of any cyber scheme to be involved in cyber intrusions into companies around the world and all of this coming as the united states and china from r engage

has announced criminal charges against two hackers said to be acting on behalf of the chinese ministry of state securitys allegedly targetted the us navy, nasa and a range of us companies. britainjoined washington in holding beijing responsible for the hacking, which also hit companies in europe and asia. in some of the toughest language yet against beijing, christopher wray, the head of the fbi, was fiercely critical of the chinese. no country poses a broader, more severe long—term threat to our nation's economy and cyber infrastructure than china. china's goal, simply put, is to replace the us as the world's leading superpower and they are using illegal methods to get there. that is linked to what we have just been talking about. that is linked to what we have just been talking about. and for more i spoke to the bbc‘s security correspondent gordon corera a little earlier. you have been over in the states talking to us intelligence officials. put today's indictment in the context of what they are learning about what china is trying to do. this is the latest salvo in an ongoing campaign which has really

they worked wit a private sector company in china but also worked at th behest of the chinese ministry of state security and intelligence agencies. the u.s. government ultimately asserting here in this unsealed dictment that they were involved in activities against a wide rangeri of an companies, including companies n a number of sectors, including space and aviation, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, communications, couter processing and maritime technology. rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general said the chinese government is on notice that the u.s. government knows that it'seen stealing secrets. >> faced with the detailed faayual allegations t and the corroborating statements not just from the united states, but from other victimized nations, china will find ito difficult pretend that it is not responsible for these actions. >> it's not clear when the two accused chinese officials might ever see the inside of a courtroom because the chinese government is not expected to extradite them but today's indictments coming alongside a global push by the united states and allies to issue state

in three separate cases alleging crimes committed at the behest of a branch of the chinese ministry of state security weacceptable continue to uncover cybercrime committed by china. to stop china promised stealing trade secrets through a computer hacking with the intent of providing competitive advantage to companies in the commercial sector. what the activity alleged in this indictment violates the commitment china made, a commitment to members of the international community, the united states, to the g20, and aipac. we want china to seize its illegal cyber activities and honor its commitment to the international community. the evidence suggests china may not intend to abide by its promises. for example, chinese industrial policy known is made in china 2025 list strategic advanced manufacturing industries that the nation has targeted for promotion and development. many of the companies allegedly targeted by chinese defendants operate in sectors identified in that official chinese policy. whether through computer hackers operating from china or chinese lationals recruited to stea trade secrets from o

of efforts. these two people and recently arrested belgium extradited to the united states and a member of the chinese ministry of state securityvincial level who is stealing secrets from boeing that we are finally doing something to say to the chinese what we have an agreement that you will not engage in economic cyber espionage. lou: we have an independent sovereign nation and morgan, it says right there, right there, by golly, if you want to pay attention to it that we should be able to defend the station against cyber attacks and cyber espionage and hacking and meanwhile, because dean is right, the obama in ministration thought we had to have an agreement that please, china, don't steal from us this would offend our sensibilities. hell, i can't understand why we were not go to war over this kind of nonstress theft. >> i talked about this and an article coming out in the hill this late talking about this and other rules have changed. in world war i we found out the data affects mustard gas and we said we will not do that. cluster bombs and there are enormous warfare but warfare is in cyberspace and the chinese are violating

department of justice unsealed against two chinese individuals who were working for a private company that the department of justice says was affiliated with the chinese ministry of state securitya global hacking scheme that impacted a significant number of american corporations two individuals, the u.s. government says they were involved in a years long conspiracy with chinese intelligence to steal technology from american corporations that began as early as 2006 the government is saying they stole ultimately hundreds of gig by thes of data, and that included companies in aviation, space and satellite, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, communications, computer processing and maritime industries a range of american companies effected here, the u.s. government says, by the hacking by these two individuals at a press conference rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general said the chinese government is now on notice the united states knows exactly what it did. here's what he said. >> faced with detailed factual allegations today and corroborating statements, not just from the united states but from other victimized nations, china will find it difficult to pretend it is n

he says kevin mallory's recruitment is just one of many efforts by the chinese ministry of state security.s., to spy on the united states. what is m.s.s.? >> demers: so, m.s.s. is the principal intelligence agency of the chinese government. and in rough terms, it is like the c.i.a. and the f.b.i. put together. their capabilities are world- class. they have cyber capabilities, they have expertise in turning people into cooperators, and they have all of the tools and expertise of a very capable intelligence organization. >> cooper: john demers says kevin mallory hadn't worked for any u.s. intelligence agency in five years, but he was still of interest to china. he spoke mandarin, was desperate for money, and had classified information he might be willing to sell. >> demers: you're looking for people who will be willing to work with you for one reason or another. you start very slowly. you start to see what information they are willing to share with you originally. innocuous information. then, something maybe slightly more sensitive, and so forth. and that relationship develops over time. it

technology all of those industries have been hit by this one specific cyber espionage group, that the united states government says is connected to the chinese ministry of state security and intelligence group inside the chinese government here is what rod rosenstein the deputy attorney general had to say earlier today. >> there is no free pass to violate american laws merely because they do so under the protection of a foreign state. >> so the deputy attorney general there saying that the united states knows exactly what the chinese have been doing and in many cases exactly which chinese officials have been doing it and today indicting two of those officials here by name saying that we know what you've done and we know exactly for how many years you've done it and we want you to knock it off. >> how does that turn up the heat, though, in terms of the espionage effort on the part of china and other states for that matter we found and charged hackers in the past that have been tied to state sponsored espionage, cyber espionage and nothing else has ever happened from it. >> i mean, you remember the obama administration department of justice indicted a number of uniforme

defendants allegedly committed these crimes in association with a chinese intelligence agency, known as the ministry of state securityfirst time that the department of justice has accused chinese state actors of stealing commercial information. since the indictment of five uniformed members of the people's liberation army in 2014, our department has repeatedly cast a spotlight on china for its state-sponsored criminal activity targeting american corporations. more than 90% of the department's cases alleging, economic espionage over the last seven years involved china. more than 2/3 of the department's cases involving thefts of trade secrets are connected to china. in the last few months of this year alone, our department has announced charges in three separate cases, alleging crimes committed at the behest of a brand of the chinese ministry of state security. it is unacceptable that we continue to uncover cybercrime committed by china against america and other nations. in 2015, china promised to stop stealing trade secrets and other confidential business information through computer hacking with the intent of providi

in three separate cases alleging crimes committed at the behest of a branch of the chinese ministry of state security continue to uncover cybercrime committed by china against america and other nations. in 2015 china promised to stop stealing trade secrets and other confidential business information through computer hacking with the intent of providing competitive advantage to companies in the commercial sector. but the activity alleged in this indictment violates the commitment that china made. a commitment they made to members of the international community, to the united states, to the g20 and apec. we want china to cease. >> bill: not only is the u.s. making this announcement but word from london at the same time and britain will join the united states and others in holding the chinese responsible for the global hacking campaign. when you marry with with the tariff battle. >> you see coverage about trump as being alone in the world. but i think these -- this is one of a number of events that have to make the communist thugs who run china very nervous. you have law enforcement laying out a disturb

chinese government of mounting what it calls a "widespread and significant" cyber campaign against the uk and its allies. officials say hackers, acting on behalf of the chinese ministry of state security irreparably tainted by allegations that police acted improperly during the investigation that led to his arrest. but the judge ruled that the criminal case against the film producer should proceed. harvey weinstein, who denies all allegations of nonconsensual sex, is facing five counts of assault against two women, including rape. photographs taken by one of the british victims of a seaplane crash in sydney on new year's eve last year have helped experts investigating the tragedy. businessman richard cousins died alongside his two sons, his fiancee and her 11—year—old daughter. the canadian pilot also died. authorities are yet to release their findings on what caused the crash. hywel griffith reports. today's report has helped us understand a lot more detail as to what happened, but very little in terms of findings and why it happened. we know that on new year's eve last year, richard cousins, his two sons, his fiancee and her daughter all boarded the seaplane a few miles north of syd

prosecutors say they're linked to china's ministry of state security but that's something that chinese authorities deny. me from. the u.s. side is making groundless accusations against china on cyber security by fabricating facts and making up a story out of fin area that the u.s. is charging to chinese in the name of so-called cyber theft this move seriously harms china u.s. cooperation and is in essence extremely nasty but the u.s. is not alone australia britain and new zealand also say they were targeted in what they called a global campaign of intellectual property theft. as evidenced by this investigation the threats we face have never been more severe or more pervasive or more potentially damaging to our national security and no country poses a broader more severe long term threat to our nation's economy and cyber infrastructure than china. the alleged chinese hackers have been indicted although they're not in the u.s. a move that will only worsen the sour relations between washington and beijing. now if scallops are going to be part of your holiday feast there's a good chance th

the defense allegedly committed these crimes in association with a chinese intelligence agency known as the ministry of state securitywell let's now get more on this story with patty call hane in washington so patty as we're hearing that is cyber espionage and stealing trade secrets tell us more about the charges that have been made by u.s. authorities. well if you just listen to what rod rosenstein just said there the deputy attorney general that is a huge swath of industry in the united states and he said in eleven other countries including the united states so what's going to happen now to these two individuals will likely nothing it may affect their travel plans in the future but it seems highly unlikely that especially since the u.s. government says these individuals work for the chinese government that the chinese government would simply hand them over extradite them to the u.s. to face trial so as long as they stay out of a country that has a. treaty with the united states probably not going to have much actual concrete impact as for the companies it was interesting in the government the u.s. government wouldn

the defense allegedly committed these crimes in association with a chinese intelligence agency known as the ministry of state security well let's get more on this now from patty culhane in washington and of course crucially patsy the these individuals have been linked with the chinese government tell us more about who has been indicted. well these are two chinese nationals i think it's important to point out they are we believe still in china and unlikely going to be arrested or extradited to the united states but this is more the justice department and allies in western capitals basically trying to send a message to china that there will be repercussions so we don't really know the extent or exactly who they targeted the only government agencies that were identified were nasa the department of energy and the u.s. navy they say that about one hundred thousand u.s. sailors had their personal information taken by these hackers and as for the which companies they basically the justice department is saying we're not going to name them but we're working with them to shore up their security so the way they explain this is

of the attacker."but a new report in the new york times says the breach has been traced to chinese hackers working for the ministry of state security denied any knowledge.the department of homeland security says cases like this are the reason why d.h.s. needs to work more closely with the private sector. christopher krebs / department of homeland security: are we limited at times with the variety, or i'm sorry, because of classification with some of the information we can provide? yes but please rest assured we are leaning forward. we, the fbi, and my partners in government, we are leaning forward in my opinion and sharing more information from a counter intelligence end than i've ever seen us do before.in washington, i'm omar jimenez. (ken) now to our four zone forecast. you're looking live at the golden gate bridge.(pam) kron-4's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us with a look ahead lawrence karnow: it was a nice day with cool to mild temperatures today. highs were in the 50s to mid 60s. it will be clear and cold tonight if you're going out. lows tonight will be in the 30s and 40s. patchy dense fog is likely again late t

accusing two chinese nationals tied to the ministry of state security unpacking our country's biggestnet service providers and government computer systems. in the meantime, china has detained a third canadian citizen over the case of the chinese tech company executives being held in canada pending extradition to the u.s. so how might all this impact u.s. chinese relations as it negotiates trade day. joining us to discuss as dr. rebecca grantham and national security and military analyst as well as president of iris independent research. great to see you. >> great to be here. >> detaining canadians, does never let canadians, what's your read on that note russian marks in that gunshot they have been detained. kids are really stupid moves because server has anyone been sympathetic to huawei's point. not acting like a world power they want to be, but they are communist dictatorship in their terrible cyberhacking threat. >> how has this impacted the chinese desire to build out the 5g networks in places like canada and elsewhere? >> this is a really big issue because chinese huawei which is

chinese to protect intellectual property. the well-publicized arrest in canada of the huawei cfo. and the indictment today against two chinese hackers who worked with the approval of the ministry of state security in china. they are accused of stealing from 45 companies and state and government agencies stealing everything from aviation to space and pharmaceutical information. then you have the trade side. the president setting a march 1 deadline to see movement on that. china understands the continues between these two paths. >> we have been clear from day one that cyber is an issue. we have had discussions with them. this was discussed when we were there. i think you know we said this isn't about buying soybeans and buying energy, though they will buy a lot more of both. this is about protecting u.s. technology. reporter: you see mnuchin saying there will be face-to-face talks between the u.s. and china. he says they are on the phone with each other on a regular basis. liz: the house just did a test vote on government funding and it did just pass. this is a rule vote that opens the door for the fine vote tonight. we may avoid a partial government shutdown. we'll stay on that developing story.

accusing two chinese citizens who work for a private company that allegedly linked to chinese state security of hacking in the united states and stealing commercial secrets. the chinese foreign ministryrtment ofjustice have used unnamed sources and incorrect numbers. they went further and said china has unlike the us, never encouraged hacking. ithink china has unlike the us, never encouraged hacking. i think most serious analysts would think that is impossible, frankly. all major countries are doing this. if their intelligence agencies were attacking other countries, they would all be sacked. however, also asked the foreign ministry spokeswoman whether oi’ foreign ministry spokeswoman whether or not this indictment against these two site elite that chinese citizens that the government is very angry about, if that might harm the trade talks which are designed to end the trade war. her response was, we urge the us to correct its words and deeds and stop indicting chinese people and harming our cooperation in key areas. no prizes for guessing what key areas that might actually be. i wish there were prizes, it is christmas after all! thank you very much. i win those prizes, would you? yo

the defendants allegedly committed these crimes in association with a chinese intelligence agency known as the ministry of state security. sunday's presidential election in the democratic republic of congo has been delayed by a week to december thirtieth the president of the congolese electoral commission said violence in parts of the country and logistical issues meant the commission could not be ready in time on top of that a fire in the capital kinshasa destroyed around seven thousand and twenty voting machines well at least eight people have died in sudan after protests in response to rising bread prices and also living costs spread across the country a protest began on wednesday in the city of to borrow a mob torched by courses of president to mark this year's national congress party it has now spread to several other cities including the capital hard to a state of emergency has been declared elsewhere security is tight in togo as voters turn out for legislative elections which have been overshadowed by months of protests and an opposition boycott police the military and troops are all out in force at polling stati

the defendants allegedly committed these crimes in association with a chinese intelligence agency known as the ministry of state securityor other top stories sunday's presidential election the democratic republic of congo has now been put back a week to december thirtieth the president of the congolese electoral commission said violence in parts of the country and logistical issues meant the commission could not be ready in time to hold the election a fire in the capital kinshasa last week destroyed around seven thousand votes. thousands of people have been rallying across sudan in protest at rising living costs especially higher bread prices a state of emergency has been declared and at least two people are reported to have died when security is tight as voters turn out for legislative elections that would have been overshadowed by months of protest and an opposition boycott at least the military and troops were out in force as polling stations opened although the mood in the capital calm and the u.s. president has been defending his decision to withdraw all u.s. troops from syria donald trump's announcement has alarme

prosecutors say they are linked to china's ministry of state security something chinese authorities deny. made from new social issues to senior center the u.s. side is making groundless accusations against china on cyber security by public aiding facts and making up a story out of thin air the u.s. is charging two chinese in the name of so-called cyber theft this move seriously harms china a u.s. corporation and is in essence extremely nasty to me. but the u.s. isn't alone australia britain and new zealand also say they were targeted by the group in what they called a global campaign of property theft. as evidenced by this investigation the threats we face have never been more severe or more pervasive or more potentially damaging to our national security and no country poses a broader more severe long term threat to our nation's economy and cyber infrastructure than china. the alleged chinese hackers have been indicted old all the other not in the us a move that will only worsen the sour relations between washington and beijing. a court in paris has slapped a five hundred thousand euro f

hackers and the company they worked for were acting in association with the ministry of state security, in chid that's the premier chinese inlligence service that doese counter and forign intelligence. we allege they are acting on behalf or in association with ine chinese government. we are chargingividuals who we know individually, actuall the people who are with their hands on the keybrd, a that's a significant aspect of the attribution here. he's not just saying this company or country did it, but these two individuals, individually, did it. >> woodruff: can you describe briefly, in layperson's terms, what kind of information was stolen? >> well, so, a wideariety of information from both government stems, so we described in there a hack of personal, identifiable information of people in the u navy, but also looking out at a variety of commercial sectors, including the banking sector, the aviation sector, pharma, a whole host of industries, again, because to have the way they did this hacked. they went through the managed service provider, they were able to get to a wide variety of companies. >> woodruff: since the cha

chinese tech firms from government contracts tokyo says state ministries and the armed forces will no longer buy equipment from wall way and z t e due to data security concerns this follows the arrest in canada of wall ways chief financial officer at the request of the u.s. washington accuses her of violating american sanctions imposed on iran and is seeking her extradition mang one jews arrest was has undermined recent efforts to repair ties between the u.s. and china and china's foreign ministry has warned both canada and the u.s. of consequences if she is not released to go to war over the weekend the voice for a minister some in both the canadians and the u.s. some boss it is a make clear opposition over the issue we hope that the governments of the two states take this seriously as for what the severe consequences will be but the voice foreign minister warned off when we see the canadian ambassador i can tell you that it's totally depends on the canadian side it's so. while way is the world's largest producer of telecommunications equipment and second largest smartphone menu smart phone manufacturer hong kong based political scientist joseph chang believes both japan and the u.s. want to l

when we learned that chinese hackers were behind the marriott breach that exposed the security information of 500 million people it's part of a broader campaign of the ministry is of statehe equivalent of the cia. when it comes to the trade talks this news throws another confounding variable into the mix. if your company wants to avoid an incident like the one that marriott disclosed last month, you need to spend more on cyber security one thing to protect your information against someone in his mother's basement, but another thing to go up against china. fireeye has the best forensics division in the industry, meaning businesses bring them in to investigate after they get hacked fireeye reported a strong quarter at the end of november and we spoke to the ceo on the veterans day show but after the latest revelations i have to dig deeper let's check in with kevin mandia welcome back to "mad money." good to see you. have a seat. >> thank you. >> i'm confused. we learned today that the chinese perhaps are going to soften their world dominance in 2025 plan. we hear that the president might intervene positively for the cfo of huawei. but i pick up "the new york times" and i