against a Chinese hacker and his hacking team member for their
alleged role in the 2015 massive data breach at health
insurance[1] giant Anthem and
three other unnamed American companies.
Fujie Wang (王 福 杰) and another hacker named John Doe with three
different aliases—Deniel Jack, Kim Young, and Zhou Zhihong—are
charged with four counts of conspiracy to commit fraud, wire fraud,
and damage to a protected computer, according to an indictment
[pdf[2]] unsealed today in
federal court in Indianapolis.
In 2015, the hackers managed to breach Anthem, the country’s
second-largest health insurance company and stole personal
information of over 80 Millions of its customers, including their
Social Security Numbers, birthdates, email addresses, residential
addresses, medical identification numbers, employment information,
and income data.
The incident marked as one of the worst data breaches in history,
with the company paying a record $115 million fine to settle U.S.
lawsuits.
According to the indictment, the hackers used sophisticated
techniques, including spearfishing, to hack into the computer
networks of the targeted businesses and then installed malware on
their computers to further compromise the networks and gain access
to sensitive users’ data and confidential business information.
“As part of this international computer hacking scheme, the
indictment alleges that beginning in February 2014, the defendants
used sophisticated techniques to hack into the computer networks of
the victim businesses without authorization,” the DoJ says[3].
“On multiple occasions in January 2015, the defendants accessed the
computer network of Anthem, accessed Anthem’s enterprise data
warehouse, and transferred encrypted archive files containing PII
from Anthem’s enterprise data warehouse from the United States to
China.”
companies—a company in the technology sector, a basic materials
company, and a communication services company—but the indictment
does not reveal their names.
- Wang and Doe are both charged with a total of four federal
counts: - one count of conspiracy to commit fraud and related activity in
relation to computers and identity theft - one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud
- two substantive counts of intentional damage to a protected
computer
However, the above charges are just allegations for now, and the
“defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a
reasonable doubt in a court of law.”
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI).
References
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