In papers filed on Tuesday with the US Department of Commerce, SolarWorld demands the government “further investigate the effects of the espionage … and determine the extent of harm to SolarWorld’s competitive position”.

If justified, SolarWorld has asked the government to “contemplate sanctions against the Chinese government”.

In May, a grand jury in the US indicted five Chinese military hackers, representing the first time the US publicly accused representatives of a foreign government of cybercrime.

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