Hacking Case Hints at Chinese Firms That Benefited From Attacks

In a highly publicized indictment this week, U.S. prosecutors accused five Chinese military hackers of stealing information from American companies that would be useful to the firms’ competitors in China.

They didn’t name the Chinese companies that might have benefited from the alleged pilfering of trade secrets, but they did drop several hints that point to some of China’s biggest companies and state-owned enterprises, including Baosteel Group Corp. and Chinalco, Bloomberg Businessweek reports on its Website. The companies deny that they are the unnamed firms referred to by the indictment.