m***a 发帖数: 13878 | 1 A Chinese national was arrested by the FBI on charges they say connect him
to distributing malicious software like the one used in a 2015 hack, CBS
News has confirmed.
Yu Pingan was captured Monday night at Los Angeles International Airport and
appeared in the Southern District of California Court on Wednesday,
according to officials.
The FBI obtained Yu's resume via a search warrant. According to the FBI, he
was born December 16, 1980, lives in Shanghai, China, and his expertise
includes computer network security and computer programming.
The FBI accuses him of conspiring with at least two others to use software
known as Sakula -- similar to the kind to breach the U.S. Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) to obtain records of millions of American
government employees, U.S. authorities said.
"Defendant Yu and co-conspirators ... would acquire and use malicious
software tools, some of which were rare variants previously unidentified by
the FBI and information security community, including a malicious software
tool known as Sakula," the court documents read.
The complaint filed by the FBI lists unidentified companies that were
affected by the Sakula malware were in areas such as San Diego, Calif.;
Massachusetts; Los Angeles, Calif.; and Arizona.
In the wake of the OPM breach, then-chief Katherine Archuleta resigned in
July 2015 after nearly 22 million personnel records were stolen. At the time
, hackers also stole information about people's financial, personal and
employment histories. They stole information about 19.7 million Americans
who were subjected to federal background checks as a condition of employment
, as well as 1.8 million Americans who were listed as family members or
friends of those applicants. | s*****r 发帖数: 11545 | 2 这些东西偷来有啥用? facebook 上不挺多的嘛?大大方方地看就是鸟,还用得着偷? |
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