NEW: Four members of the Chinese military were charged with breaking into the networks of Equifax and stealing personal information of tens of millions of Americans, Attorney General Barr announces: “This was one of the largest data breaches in history”
DOJ announces indictment of 4 Chinese military hackers
The 2017 breach affected roughly 145 million people, with the hackers successfully stealing names, Social Security numbers and other personal information stored in the company's databases. The case comes as the Trump administration has warned against what it sees as the growing political and economic influence of China, and efforts by Beijing to collect data on Americans and steal scientific research and innovation.
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