US tries to stop flow of personal data to China with charges


Signs depicting the four members of China's military indicted on charges of hacking into Equifax Inc and stealing data from millions of Americans are seen after Barr held a press conference at the US Department of Justice on Feb 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. — AFP

For the last several years, hackers based in China have allegedly been sucking up vast amounts of personal data of US citizens: names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, even fingerprints.

On Feb 10, the US Justice Department took another stab at stopping them.

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