TechnologyUS charges 4 Chinese military members with Equifax credit hack
Massive 2017 breach cited as warning against Chinese 5G equipment
The 2017 Equifax hack, which U.S. authorities have tied to China's military, compromised personal information for 145 million Americans. © Reuters
ALEX FANG, Nikkei staff writer
February 11, 2020 06:23 JST
NEW YORK -- The U.S. has indicted four members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in the 2017 attack on credit reporting agency Equifax's computer systems, which authorities say compromised personal information for nearly half of all Americans in one of the nation's largest data breaches.