Chinese National Pleads Guilty In U.S. To Computer Hacking

March 23, 2016, 8:53 PM UTC
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(Reuters) – A businessman from China pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to hack into the computer networks of major U.S. defense contractors including Boeing (BA), the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.

Su Bin, 50, faces a maximum five-year sentence for allegedly conspiring with two other people in China to obtain sensitive military information and export it illegally.

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