Chinese cyber theft took two tacks. The majority of hacking crusades were conducted by the China’s People’s Liberation Army’s Second and Third Departments. It was clear from their targets that various PLA units were assigned to hack foreign governments and ministries in specific geographic locales, or to steal intellectual property in distinct industries that benefited China’s state-owned enterprises and economic plans. The other approach was less direct and more episodic. Increasingly, high-ranking Chinese officials at China’s Ministry of State Security started outsourcing attacks on
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