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NPR: DOJ charges Chinese nationals with hacking more than 100 companies

By NPR.

Published Sept. 17, 2020. Updated Sept. 17 at 2:59 am

This photo taken on June 4, 2019 shows the Chinese flag behind razor wire at a housing compound in Yangisar, south of Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region.

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The Justice Department announced charges on Wednesday against five Chinese nationals in connection with the hacking of more than 100 American and foreign companies as well as of nonprofits and universities.