The U.S. government indicted five Chinese army officers for hacking American corporate computers to steal intellectual property. The indictments are meant to send messages to three different groups: the Chinese government, other nations and American businesses. Experts say the indictments were delayed because of last June’s revelations by Edward Snowden of National Security Agency e-spying activities. “Snowden derailed the whole conversation,” says Jacob Olcott, principal of cybersecurity practices at Good Harbor Consulting and former top cybersecurity adviser to the Senate Commerce Committee.”]
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