The United States is constantly pressurizing Chinese cyber-spying activities whereby a Chinese national, Su Bin living in Canada was charged by the US Justice Department
The business owner was charged alongside two unidentified hackers for unlawfully extracting information on a military aircraft bent by the U.S. defense contractors.
The Chinese national and hackers, successful in obtaining information on Lockheed Martin-built F-22, F-35 fighter jets and Boeing's C-17 military transport aircraft, had been allegedly working from 2009 to 2013.
It was also alleged that Bin had been provided with 1,467 page long documents regarding hacking targets.
According to the Verge, Bin was arrested in Canada on June 28th.
It was the first time that the U.S. formally accused another country of espionage activities for economic benefit.
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