A grand jury in the US on Monday indicted five Chinese military hackers on charges of corporate espionage, marking the first time the US has publicly accused representatives of a foreign government of cybercrime.
SolarWorld – a Germany-based company with a significant manufacturing presence in the US state of Oregon – was among six victims made public.
SolarWorld was at the centre of the push that in 2012 saw the US impose anti-dumping tariffs on PV modules using Chinese cells.
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