Employee of Chinese State-Owned Defense Contractor Charged with Hacking NASA, U.S. Military

A Chinese national named Song Wu, employed by a gigantic Chinese state-owned defense conglomerate, was indicted in the Northern District of Georgia on Monday for a scheme to hack U.S. government agencies including NASA, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The indictment accused Song of sending “spear phishing emails” to employees of the targeted agencies, as well as private sector contractors and “individuals employed in positions with major research universities in Georgia, Michigan, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Ohio.” “Spear phishing” is the dark...