FBI Flash TLP White: Indictment of Chinese Cyber Actors associated with the Ministry of State Security (MSS)

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted two People’s Republic of China (PRC) cyber actors for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of trade secrets, intellectual property, and other high-value information from biotechnical, commercial, and government victims in the United States and abroad. The actors, Li Xiaoyu and Dong Jiazhi—each a hacker conducting computer network exploitation (CNE) operations originating from China—are associated with China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) Guangdong State Security Department (GSSD).