China hackers sought to steal coronavirus vaccine research, says US

China’s UK ambassador rejects west’s ‘groundless claims’ as two Chinese nationals indicted for wide range of alleged hacking attempts

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Two Chinese nationals have been indicted for seeking to steal Covid-19 vaccine research and hacking hundreds of companies in the US and abroad, including defence contractors, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday.

Li Xiaoyu, 34, and Dong Jiazhi, 33, also targeted human rights activists in the US, China and Hong Kong, assistant attorney general John Demers alleged.

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