threatintel
actor tracker
APT3
Indictmentseverity: High2017-11-28

DOJ unseals APT3/Boyusec indictment of three Chinese nationals

published by U.S. Department of Justice
Actor
APT3CN · ChinaAPT

PRC state-affiliated intrusion set publicly attributed by the U.S. DOJ to the Guangzhou-based front company Boyusec (Guangzhou Bo Yu Information Technology), working in concert with the Ministry of S…

Summary

U.S. DOJ unsealed an indictment of Wu Yingzhuo, Dong Hao, and Xia Lei — three Chinese nationals working at Guangzhou Bo Yu Information Technology (Boyusec) — for computer hacking, trade-secret theft, and aggravated identity theft against Moody's Analytics, Siemens AG, and Trimble Inc. Boyusec was publicly linked by independent researchers (Intrusion Truth) to the Chinese MSS Guangdong State Security Department and to APT3 itself; the company subsequently dissolved as a public-facing entity.

Tags

indictmenttrade-secret-theftchina

Primary source

justice.gov