ESCALATING: As seen on a TV camera screen, (l-r) US Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney for Western District of Pennsylvania David Hickton, and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Carlin speaking to members of the media during an announcement on indictments against Chinese military hackers on cyberespionage at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC.
BEIJING: China has warned the United States that it would retaliate if Washington presses on with charges against five Chinese military officers accused of hacking into American companies to steal trade secrets, state media said on Tuesday.
The warning from an unnamed State Internet Information Office spokesman came hours after the United States charged the five Chinese, accusing them of hacking into American nuclear, metal and solar companies to steal trade secrets.
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