Andrew Blake at the
Washington Times offers a piece on the arrest of a Chinese national suspected
of being involved in the cyber hack of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and
other organizations.
The FBI has arrested a
Chinese national on charges involving the malware used to hack the U.S. Office
of Personnel Management in 2014 and steal personal information pertaining to
millions of federal government employees and contractors.
Yu Pingan, apprehended Monday
at Los Angeles International Airport after flying in to attend a conference,
was in federal court this week to face charges concerning Sakula, a
sophisticated piece of malware used by the hackers who pulled off the historic OPM
breach as well as the 2015 intrusion suffered by health insurance firm Anthem,
among others.
He is charged with a single
count of conspiracy to commit computer hacking, the Justice Department
confirmed Thursday.
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