Five members of the "Comment Crew" — a group of Chinese hackers who operate under pseudonyms like UglyGorilla and KandyGoo — were indicted by a grand jury in May 2014, accused of being employed by the Chinese military to steal trade secrets from U.S. companies.[1] The indictments are the first of their kind, and reportedly just the tip of the iceberg.[2]

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