Equifax: US charges four Chinese military officers over huge cyber-attack
Publish date: 14 February 2020
Issue Number: 107
Diary: CompliNEWS
Category: Criminal
The US has charged four Chinese military officers over the huge cyber-attack on credit rating giant Equifax.
More than 147 million Americans were affected in 2017 when hackers stole sensitive personal data including names and addresses.
UK and Canadian customers were also affected.
According to BBC News the four men spent weeks in the company's system, breaking into security networks and stealing personal data, the documents said.
The nine-count indictment also accuses the group of stealing trade secrets including data compilation and database designs.
The whereabouts of the suspects is unknown and it is highly unlikely that they will stand trial in the US.
