US offers US$10 million reward for wanted Chinese hacker

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US offers US$10 million reward for wanted Chinese hacker
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WASHINGTON: The United States offered a US$10 million reward on Tuesday (Dec 10) for information leading to the arrest of a Chinese man and co-conspirators wanted for hacking computer firewalls.

WASHINGTON: The United States offered a US$10 million reward on Tuesday for information leading to the arrest of a Chinese man and co-conspirators wanted for hacking computer firewalls.

The US Treasury Department said it had imposed sanctions on the company Guan worked for, Sichuan Silence Information Technology. About 81,000 firewall devices were simultaneously attacked worldwide in April 2020, the indictment said, with the aim of stealing data, including usernames and passwords, while also attempting to infect the computers with ransomware.

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